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ι495ἸωνικόςIonic… Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] *)iwnikw=s ["in the Ionic style"], meaning gracefully. "They [Ibycus, Anacreon, and Alcaeus] used to wear headbands and dance in the Ionic style." Aristophanes in Thesmophoriazusae [says this].Matched in translationhighshort
ι487ἼωνIon[Ion,] of Chios, tragedian and lyric poet and philosopher, son of Orthomenes, but also known as [son] of Xouthos. He began to produce tragedies in the 82nd Olympiad. There are 12 dramas of his, …Matched in translationhighshort
ι493Ἰωνιάviolet-bed[Meaning] a meadow of violets. Just like r(odwnia/ ["rose-bed"], [a meadow] of roses, and krinwnia/ ["lily-bed"], [a meadow] of lilies.

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Ἰωνικός

Ionic

[Meaning] Hellenic, Athenian, ancient. Also [sc. attested is the related adverb] *)iwnikw=s ["in the Ionic style"], meaning gracefully. "They [Ibycus, Anacreon, and Alcaeus] used to wear headbands and dance in the Ionic…

Ἰωνικός· Ἑλληνικός, Ἀθηναῖος, ἀρχαῖος. καὶ Ἰωνικῶς, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἁβρῶς. ἐμιτροφόρουν τε καὶ διεκίνουν Ἰωνικῶς. Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Θεσμοφοριαζούσαις.

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α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… that which not even a deep [buqo/s] can contain; but Ionians pronounce buqo/s as busso/s. From which also bussodomeu/ein ["to build in the deep"] appears to be said, from the verb du/nw ["I sink"] …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε428Ἐκεῖνοςthat… "there" and the suffix -enos. The variant form (used in Ionic) kei=nos (cf. Doric and Aeolic kh=nos) is usually classified as pertaining to poetry, but there is not a definite polarization opposing the poetic …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… up compound words and said endiaeriaierinechetous; such a man was Ion of Chios, the poet. He wrote a poem that began, "dawn star roaming the air, [crescent moon, white-winged precursor of the sun]." In …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4382ἈτρέαAtreus… they contract: [such as] *Xoa= and *Mhlia= and *Sounia=. But Ionic [writers] contract the former, saying *)Atre/a and *phle/a short; therefore [it is] not necessary to lengthen [the syllables] in tragedies, unless the meter …Matched in translationhighmedium

η8ᾜαI went… I proceeded, written with an iota. At any rate the Ionians say [sc. trisyllabic] h)/i+a, also h)/i+san, for h)/|esan [sc. in the third person plural]. This form must be read in Thucydides: "they were …Matched in translationhighshort

ε1174Ἐνδιαεριανερινηχέτουςendiaerianerinêchetous… of] compound words of dithyrambic poets; such as the poet Ion of Chios. See also under "dithyramb-directors."Matched in translationhighshort

α3155ἈπηλιώτηςApeliotes; sun's wind… alpha 2646, and again epsilon 2173. [1] Apeliotes is the Ionic form, used also in Attic, but Apheliotes occurs later in Attic (LSJ s.v.: web address 1). Other Ionic dialects lost the initial "h" …Matched in noteshighshort

α2494Ἀνθέωνof flowers, of blossoms, of blooms… [Greeks] [form] the genitive in the same way as the Ionians. Hermippus in Daughters of Athena [writes]: "a waxy new robe of ripe blossoms". And later on: "brushing delicate robes full of flowers". And …Matched in translationhighshort

ε989Ἐμιτρώσατοput on a girdle, put on a headband… harmony and used to wear girdles and move in the Ionic style." Meaning wearing mitrai, that is girdles, they used to walk around gracefully.Matched in translationhighshort

ε3753Εὐστομεῖνto speak euphonious wordsThe [verb that means] to speak auspiciously. And the Ionians say eu)/stoma kei/sqw ["let euphonious words prevail"].Matched in translationhighshort

α441ἈδελφειόςbrotherThe headword is the epic/Ionic form of the first gloss. [1] On father's or mother's side both, apparently (cf. e.g. Herodotus 1.65 and 4.67); see LSJ s.v. a)delfidou=s. [2] Isocrates 19.30; Hecataeus FGrH 1 …Matched in noteshighshort

α729ἈθηναίαςAthenaiai, Athenaeae, Athenian women… K.-A.). [7] Here Photius' entry is carelessly abbreviated. Read: 'and Ion says that...': FGrH 392 F11. (For Themistocles see generally theta 124, theta 125, theta 126. He had several daughters; the one in question …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2058Ἀναρρύειdraws back the head… [3] The Apato(u)ria (OCD(4) pp.114-15) was celebrated by Athenians and Ionians in the month of Pyanepsion (October-November), during which youths who had come of age were admitted to the phratries. See alpha 2940. [4] …Matched in noteshighshort

α4186ᾎσμαsong, warp… (which is also differently accented). [2] Two sigmas in the Ionic/koine form a)/ssesqai, corresponding to the Attic a)/ttesqai.Matched in noteshighshort

α4404Ἀοῖονof dawn… Doric form in the first line of a dithyramb by Ion of Chios (fr.745 in D.L. Page, Poetae Melici Graeci), cited at delta 1029 (see note 3 there); cf. iota 487.Matched in noteshighshort

αι219Αἱ νῆτταιthe ducks[1] The headword noun is the Attic form of this nominative plural, the "gloss" its epic/Ionic equivalent; cf. nu 338. The phrase as a whole, with the definite article, is doubtless quoted from Aristophanes, …Matched in noteshighshort

β338Βλήχωνpennyroyal… [1] blh/xwn is the Attic form, while glh/xwn is the Ionic (and gla/xwn the Doric); cf. gamma 287. [2] Pennyroyal, a plant of the mint family (Mentha pulegium), is native to most parts of …Matched in noteshighshort

γ310Γλυκεῖαν ᾠδήνsweet songPhrase in the accusative, from Aristophanes, Birds 750 (here Ionicized), via phi 767.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… word reminiscent of Euripidean language: see Andromache 227, Iph.Taur. 645, Ion 106, Iph.Aul. 1515, fr.856.4. [6] a)pie/nai: jussive infinitive; cf. Aristophanes, Wasps 386. [7] ei)s e)/nhn, "the day after tomorrow" (e)/nefin Hesiod, Works and …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1227Δίωκε ἀρετήνpursue excellence… a)reth/n, feu=ge yo/gon "pursue glory and excellence, flee blame"; Euripides, Ion 439-440 su/ [...] e)pei\ kratei=s a)reta\s di/wke (web address 3). Bernhardy's suggested correction of the entry to a)reta\s di/wke, rests on this Euripidean …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1492Δράκαυλοςdrakaulos; living with a snake… the daughters of Cecrops are explored by Pearson (using Euripides, Ion 21ff., 271ff., Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.552ff. and other sources). There was a snake sacred to Athena on the Acropolis (see Pearson). Cadmus' daughters are …Matched in noteshighshort

ε947Ἔμβολαbolts, rams… C4), overlooking the entrance to the Ambracian Gulf. In the Ionian Sea offshore from Aktion, Octavian's naval forces defeated the combined fleets of Antony and Cleopatra in the famous Battle of Actium (September 2, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε972Ἐμμέλειαemmeleia, harmony… 3159. [1] From a gloss on Herodotus 6.129.2, where the Ionic accusative e)mmelei/hn occurs in the famous story of Hippokleides squandering his chance to marry the daughter of Kleisthenes of Sikyon (omicron 978). See …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3674Εὐράξon the blind side; on the open side… word attracted much commentary. Heraclides says that it was an Ionian and Aeolian dialect form (fr. 19 line 47). Herodian (De Prosodia Catholica 3,1. 510.6) lists it among adverbs ending in -x that have …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3708Εὐρώςdanknesscf. Etymologicum Magnum 397.50-56; Etymologicum Gudianum 564.14-15; Etymologicum Parvum epsilon75. See also epsilon 3707 for a different gloss on the same headword; and for related words see epsilon 3711, epsilon 3712, and epsilon 3713. …Matched in noteshighshort

ει92Εἰκῶimage… other s-stem forms of this noun occur in Attic and Ionic: see LSJ s.v. [1] Similarly in Choeroboscus, Grammatici Graeci 4.1.1.239.32. [2] Similarly again in Choeroboscus again, and Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.205.21; see also epsiloniota …Matched in noteshighshort

ει319Ἐς τὸ δέονfor the necessary… is more common in classical Attic prose; e)s occurs in Ionic, in some kinds of poetry (on the distribution of the two forms, see LSJ s.v.). There is no difference in meaning. [2] For …Matched in noteshighmedium

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