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religion51
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history28
geography27

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poetry23
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imagery17
women17
food16
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mythology15
zoology14
economics

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Medium12
Long1

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Catharine Roth162
David Whitehead78
Anne Mahoney7
Marcelo Boeri5
Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝4
D. Graham J. Shipley3

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Daniel Riaño2
William Hutton2
Kostas Zafeiris1
Ross Scaife ✝1

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ει2Εἴwould that, if only[Particle] to express a wish. And by extension [it becomes] eithe. The Pisidian [writes]: "would that Persia's boldness had been quenched."highshort
ει3Εἶαcome on! up!An adverb of exhortation.highshort
ει5Εἴαwas allowing[Meaning he/she/it] was agreeing.high

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Εἴ

would that, if only

[Particle] to express a wish. And by extension [it becomes] eithe. The Pisidian [writes]: "would that Persia's boldness had been quenched."

Εἴ· εὐκτικόν. καὶ κατ' ἐπέκτασιν εἴθε. Πισίδης· εἲ γὰρ ἂν τὸ Περσίδος ἔσβεστο θράσος.

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ει6Εἴαprovender[Meaning] fodder. But h)/i+a [i.e. with an eta] [means] foodstuffs.highshort

ει7Εἰαδόταhaving given pleasure, having pleased[Meaning one which is] satisfying.highshort

ει8Εἱαμενήriverside pasture, watermeadow[Meaning] a wet place.highshort

ει9Εἱανόνfine, light[Meaning something] delicate.highshort

ει11Εἰαρινὸν ἄνθοςspring bloom[Meaning the one] in the season of spring.highshort

ει12Εἴασενallowed[Meaning he/she/it] permitted.highshort

ει13Εἵατοthey sat[Meaning he/she/it] sat down. The imperfect [is] h(/mhn ["I sat"]; [third person plural] h(=nto, Ionic e(/ato, poetic ei(/ato. Otherwise: e(w=, e(/hmi, e(/emai, h(=mai [and the compound] ka/qhmai ["I sit down"], h(=ntai, e(/atai in Ionic …highshort

ει14Εἴβεσθαι;to shed[Meaning] to weep, to drip. Also [sc. attested is the related active indicative] ei)/bei ["sheds"], [meaning he/she/it] drips. "Caves of the Nymphs, rich in springs, which shed so much water down this crooked well."highshort

ει15Εἲ γάρo that, would that[ei)\ ga/r is the same as] ei)/qe ga/r.highshort

ει16Εἴ γ' ἐθέλειςif indeed you wish[Meaning] if you have [sc. good] judgment, if you are sensible and intelligent.highshort

ει17Εἰ δ' ἄγε νῦνcome now[Meaning] therefore [...].highshort

ει18Εἰδαλίμαςshapely[Meaning] intelligent.highshort

ει19Εἰδάλιμονshapely[Meaning] something good to look at.highshort

ει20Εἶδαρfood[Meaning] something edible. Also [sc. attested is the plural] ei)/data, [meaning] victuals.highshort

ει21Εἴδαυλοςexpert[Meaning] intelligent reasoning.highshort

ει22Εἰδέαidea, form, aspect, figurePlato makes use of different names with the same meaning. At any rate he names an idea 'form', 'genus', 'paradigm', 'principle', 'cause', [this form being] neither liable to change nor remaining [the same], and …highmedium

ει23Εἰδέαaspect, figure, form[Meaning] shape. "Handsome with regard to his appearance if anyone is." People now write the [word] 'idea' with the [letter] i.highshort

ει25Εἰδεχθέςugly, unsightly[Meaning something] misshapen, unseemly, foul, rotten, loathsome. And [there is a] feminine [abstract noun] ei)de/xqeia ["odious look"].highshort

ει26Εἰδείηthey might know[Meaning] they might recognise. Also [sc. attested is] ei)dei/h, ["he/she/it might know"], [meaning] might recognise, might understand. Aristophanes [writes]: "may each man practice whatever skill he might know."highshort

ει28Εἰ δεῖif one must[Meaning] if one should.highshort

ει29ΕἴδηformsThe Pythagoreans used to say that the monad and dyad and triad are principles of the forms, since those who arrange from the monad up to the tetrad produce the decad; and they also …highmedium

ει30Εἰδημονικῶςknowledgeably[Meaning] skillfully.highshort

ει31Εἰδήμονοςexpert[Meaning] knowledgeable.highshort

ει32Εἰ εἰδῇςif you know[Meaning] if you recognize.highshort

ει33Εἰδήσειςyou might see, you will see, you might know, you will know[Meaning] you might learn, you would grasp. "You might see the eminent Alcman striker of the Laconian lyre, whom the number of the nine Muses includes." Also [sc. attested is] ei)dh=|s, in reference to …highshort

ει34Εἰδῇς[if] you know[Meaning if] you recognize.highshort

ει35Εἴδησιςknowledge[Meaning] acquaintance/knowing. Knowledge [is] threefold. For [I] science is called 'knowledge', as Plato says in the Phaedo: for to know is this, 'having acquired knowledge of something, to keep it and not to have …highmedium

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