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674
Ἐκτὸς ἰόντας
going outside
[Meaning them] exiting.
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α
104
Ἄβυσσον
abyss
… 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"] …
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α
176
Ἄγαυρος
wastrel
A dandy; but some [say] a good-for-nothing; [used] by
Ionians
[to mean] a pauper, but by Attic writers [to mean] a fop.
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α
194
Ἀγγελιαφόρος
message-bearer
… alphabetical order there). The headword is used -- in the
Ionic-dialect
version a)ggelihf- -- of Persian officials by Herodotus 1.120.2 (web address 1) and, in a grander sense, 3.118.2 (web address 2); it is …
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δ
1029
Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοι
dithyramb-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 …
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α
213
Ἀγηγέρατο
they had gathered
… the third [person] h)/gertai and the third [person] plural in
Ionic
dialect a)ghge/ratai; then the pluperfect h)ge/rmhn, the third [person] h)/gerto and a)gh/gerto, and the third [person] plural in
Ionic
dialect a)ghge/rato.
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α
3799
Ἀργυροῦν
of silver and of gold
[*)argu/reon "of silver"] and xru/seon ["of gold"] [are]
Ionic
[words], but xru/seion ["golden"] [is] a possessive adjective. Thucydides [in book] one [writes]: "he had the use of the golden mines". Just as he says …
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δ
1229
Διώκειν
to prosecute, to pursue
… many places, since some of them sailed away towards the
Ionian
sea, others elsewhere".
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ε
1174
Ἐνδιαεριανερινηχέτους
endiaerianerinêchetous
… of] compound words of dithyrambic poets; such as the poet
Ion
of Chios. See also under "dithyramb-directors."
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α
3155
Ἀπηλιώτης
Apeliotes; 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" …
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α
3159
Ἀπήμαρτεν
missed
Epic forms are a)ph/mbrote (Aeolic) and a)fa/marten
(Ionic,
without augment). (The form given here is anomalous, since it shows Aeolic initial psilosis with an
Ionic
treatment of the original vocalic r; it is attested …
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αι
164
Αἴ κέν πως
if somehow
*ai) is Doric, Aeolic, and epic for Attic-Ionic ei) "if" (web address 1 below); ke or ken is the Aeolic and epic equivalent of the Attic-Ionic particle a)/n (web address 2 below). See the …
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αι
166
Αἴ κε ποθί
if anywhere
Likewise in other lexica. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.128, where the headword phrase occurs. ai) (see already alphaiota 164, alphaiota 165) is Doric, Aeolic, and epic for Attic-Ionic ei), "if" (see web …
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ε
2212
Ἐπησθέντες
delighted in
… e)fh/domai exhibiting psilosis characteristic of certain Greek dialects, most notably
Ionic.
Other psilotic forms of the same verb appear with analogous glosses in Hesychius epsilon4595 (aorist passive optative, third person plural) and Lexica Segueriana …
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χ
470
Χρείω
I proclaim
… xra/w (which we would do better to call *xrh/w). In
Ionic
the eta became shorter and more closed before an o-vowel (cf. the participle xre/wsa). Epic meter required a long vowel, so it was …
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α
398
Ἀγχιβατεῖν
to wrangle
The [verb that]
Ionians
[use for] 'to dispute'. And Heraclitus [sc. has the related noun] 'wrangling'.
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α
1736
Ἀμφικτυόνες
Amphiktyons, Amphictyons
… he, as king, who convened the peoples. They were twelve:
Ionians,
Dorians, Perrhaiboi, Boiotians, Magnesians, Achaians, Phthiotians, Molians, Dolopes, Aenianians, Delphians, Phocians. But some say it is thus called from being neighbors to and …
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α
2494
Ἀνθέων
of 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 …
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α
3641
Ἀποφώλιοι
ciphers, idlers, monsters
… word]. Or uneducated men. For fwleoi/ [are] schoolhouses, as the
Ionians
say.
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α
4078
Ἀρχαιρεσία
magistrate-election
… choice in respect of officials. Also [sc. attested is the
Ionic
form] a)rxairesi/h, [meaning] to live by the favour of the masses, or to make voluntary contributions of money. Herodotus [sc. uses the word].
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α
4360
Ἀττικισμός
Atticism
… 24-letter alphabet was invented at some late date amongst the
Ionians.
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α
4584
Ἀφέωκα
I have sent away
… Attic [form is] a)fei=ka. But it is also used by
Ionians,
like Herodotus.
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αι
189
Αἱμασιά
stone-fence
… without mortar in Herodotos; what some [call] hedge-fence. Also the
Ionians
use [the word] thus. Herodotos makes [this] clear in his first [book]. But colloquially most people call that place which is enclosed by …
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short
ε
14
Ἕαται
they sit
… e(/emai, h(=mai, [all meaning] "I sit down," h(=ntai, e(/atai in
Ionic
and with lengthening ei(/atai, like me/mnhtai, memne/atai.
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ε
523
Ἐκόησεν
heard
[Meaning he/she/it] noticed.
Ionic
[sc. dialect]. In Callimachus.
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short
ε
989
Ἐμιτρώσατο
put 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.
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short
ε
1567
Ἐξάρτυσις
equipment
"[He] having found out about the equipment of the
Ionians."
That is, their armament.
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short
ε
1639
Ἐξέπλωσας
you have sailed out
… out of your right mind, mutilating yourself?" [He uses this
Ionic
form] instead of [Attic] e)ce/pleusas ["you have sailed out"], that is you have been turned aside and you have run aground.
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ε
2519
Ἐπιπλώσας
having sailed upon
… is] e)piplw/s, in Homer. [It comes] from the [verb] ple/w,
[Ionic]
plw/w, [future], plw/sw, [aorist participle] plw/sas, by syncope plw/s, and [compound] e)piplw/s. It is indeclinable, because it is aorist in sound, but its …
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α
178
Ἀγαίομαι
I admire, I am jealous [of]
Same material, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (326 and 162) [1] Epic/Ionic verb; cf. a)/gamai at alpha 138, alpha 139, alpha 141. [2] In LSJ, a)gai=os (A).
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