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η
3
Ἦ
quoth
[Meaning he/she/it] said, spoke.
high
short
η
5
Ἦ
I was, he was
[I was,] for h)/mhn. Also without the nu. Aristophanes in Wealth: "the things I was prepared to hide". Also used in the third person. But it also serves for h)/mhn as the result of …
high
medium
η
15
Ἠβαιαί
tiny [ones]
Also [sc. attested is the singular] h)baio/n, [meaning] small, little.
high
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η
16
Ἥβη
adolescence; Hebe
[Meaning] youth, prime. It also signifies a name of a goddess.
high
short
η
19
Ἡβήσαντες
having come of age
[Meaning they] having matured . Eunapius [writes]: "and the boys having come of age and gained control of their heart and hands". Also "to have been of age for two years" is said whenever …
high
medium
η
26
Ἡβῶμαι
I would be of age
and h(bw=|mi and h(bw/oimi, [meaning] I might grow [up].
high
short
η
27
Ἡβώωσα
being of age
[Meaning] growing up.
high
short
η
29
Ἠγαθέη
very holy
[Meaning] the most holy.
high
short
η
34
Ἠγάσαντο
they were surprised
[Meaning] they wondered. Also [sc. attested is] I was surprised, [meaning] I wondered. "Caesar, when he understood all the luck surrounding him, was surprised at the man and took him as an ally."
high
short
η
37
Ἡγεμονεύω
I rule
[Meaning] I administer. Also [sc. attested is] h(gemo/nei, ["[he] was ruling"], pluperfect.
high
short
η
46
Ἠγερέεσθαι
to gather together
[Meaning] to assemble together.
high
short
η
49
Ἠγηλάζω
I guide, I lead
[Meaning] I carry, I bring . [sc. Also attested is] 'I was/they were driving out' [used] similarly.
high
short
η
54
Ἤγειρα
I awakened
[Meaning] I stimulated.
high
short
η
55
Ἡγείσθην
they were both leading
Meaning they were leading.
high
short
η
59
Ἡγήτορες
commanders
[Meaning] leaders. Also [sc. attested is the related abstract noun] h(ghtori/a ["command"], [meaning] leadership.
high
short
η
69
Ἠγορόωντο
they were meeting in assembly, they were speaking in assembly
[Meaning] they were speaking in debate.
high
short
η
77
Ἡ δέ
and she, but she
Meaning an/but the same [feminine].
high
short
η
78
Ἤδεε
knew
[Meaning he/she/it] knew, understood.
high
short
η
86
Ἤδη
already, by this time, now
[Meaning] from now/henceforth.
high
short
η
87
Ἤδη
soon, just now
[Meaning] before this, remaining, near the present indivisible now. A part of time, either of the future or of the past; for we say that [someone] is already taking a walk, and [so we …
high
short
η
100
ὅς
quoth he
The followers of Eratosthenes [said this was used] instead of e)/fh d' o(/s ["he said"]. For this reason they put a rough breathing on the last [syllable]; for o(/s is used as an article. …
high
medium
η
102
Ἦδος
delight
[Meaning a] benefit. It is pronounced with a smooth breathing. Homer [writes]: "but what delight for me from these things, after a friend died?".
high
short
η
105
Ἥδρασεν
established
[Meaning he/she/it] settled. Also [sc. attested is the perfect middle/passive participle] 'established', [meaning] firm, solid.
high
short
η
109
Ἡδυεπής
sweet-speaking
[Meaning] sweet-voiced.
high
short
η
116
ᾞε
was going
[Meaning he/she/it] was proceeding.
high
short
η
117
Ἠέ
or, whether
With barytone accent [it is] a disjunctive conjunction. [So in e.g.] "or to split the hollow wood." But with perispomenon accent [as a conjunction] expressing doubt it is pronounced with a circumflex accent. [So …
high
short
η
118
Ἠέλιος
sun
[h)e/lios is the same as] o( h(/lios. Also [sc. attested is the adjective] h)eliw=tis ["solar"].
high
short
η
120
Ἦεν
was
[h)=en means the same as] u(ph=rxen ["existed"].
high
short
η
122
Ἠέρα
haze, mist
[Meaning] inability to see.
high
short
η
123
Ἠερέθονται
they float in the air
[Meaning] they are suspended.
high
short
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