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176
Ἄγαυρος
wastrel
… bull in Hesiod, Theogony 832. However, sense 2 there is
'Ion.,
euphem. for a beggar'.
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1016
Ἔμπης
nevertheless
[1] Attic retains the alpha which the
Ionic
dialect changes to eta. Epic uses the form with eta; tragedy and lyric poetry keep the alpha. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 122 (web address 1 below), with …
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270
Βίαντος Πριηνέως δίκη
Bias of Priene's justice
Bias was a famous judge in the
Ionian
city of Priene, c.570 BCE. See the detailed account in Diogenes Laertius 1.82-88 and more briefly Strabo 14.1.12. The point of the quotation from Hipponax (an …
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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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221
Ἀγηνορίη
arrogance, pride
Same glossing in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (7.20). As LSJ s.v. indicates (web address 1), the headword noun (ending -rie in epic/Ionic dialect, -ria in others) has overtones which depend on context. What may be …
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441
Ἀδελφειός
brother
The 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 …
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729
Ἀθηναίας
Athenaiai, 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 …
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2688
Ἀντίξοον
adverse
… given. [1] Herodotus 6.7 (of what the participants in the
Ionian
Revolt resolve not to do; the emphasis in pezo\n me\n strato\n mhde/na sulle/gein ktl is to fight at sea, not on land). See …
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2772
Ἀνοίγει
opens
… clear, but a)noignu/ei is otherwise unattested.) [2] Herodotus 4.58, in
Ionic
dialect (web address 1 below). [3] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable (Adler suggests Aelian.) [4] Not identified …
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2805
Ἀξιαπηγητότατα
(things) most worthy of telling.
Neuter plural superlative,
Ionic
form: see LSJ entry at web address 1. Used by Herodotus 1.17 (see at gamma 472) and 1.177, and surely quoted here from one of those passages.
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2823
Ἀξιόχρεων
worthwhile
… omicron for omega, a)cio/xreon for a)cio/xrewn, is proper to the
Ionic
dialect.
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3231
Ἄπλητον
unapproachable, terrible
The headword is the epic and
Ionic
form of a)/platos (see LSJ at web address 1), here in the masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular. Different glossing in Hesychius, but the same in …
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3860
Ἄρρητον
accursed
… -- literally prayed against, and so accursed -- is the
Ionic
dialect version of a)rato/s [the SOL headword for the present entry is wrong in giving it double rho], and hence potentially confusable with …
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4208
Ἀσπαστοί
welcome, welcomed
… quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. [3] This
(Ionic)
word is Callimachus fr. 427 Schneider.
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4645
Ἀφραστύες
follies
cf. generally alpha 4646. [1] The headword is an
Ionic/poetic
form for a)fradi/a. Here nominative plural, presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 318 Pfeiffer. See also the scholia there.
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258
Δερκυλλίδας
Derkyllidas, Dercyllidas, Derkylidas, Dercylidas
… in hostilities against the Persian satraps Tissaphernes and Pharnabazos in
Ionia
and Hellespontine Phrygia (Xen. Hell. 3.1.8-2.20). Replaced in command by the Spartan king Agesilaos II in 396, Derkylidas apparently returned to Sparta and …
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705
Διαπλώσας
having sailed through
[1] The headword gives the
Ionic
form (extracted from the quotation given); the first gloss gives the Attic equivalent. [2] Greek Anthology 7.23b1-2 (attributed to Antipater of Sidon, addressing the poet Anacreon (see alpha …
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1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-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 …
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1227
Δίωκε ἀρετήν
pursue 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 …
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403
Ἔκδοτος
given-up
… directly quoted from anywhere. If not, possible sources include Euripides
(Ion
1251), Isocrates (4.141) and Polybius (28.4.11).
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775
Ἐλέγχεια
reproach
Outside lexicography etc. this noun is found in the epic/Ionic form e)legxei/h: examples in LSJ s.v. Related to the noun e)/legxos (epsilon 778) and the verb e)le/gxw (epsilon 777, epsilon 778, eta 197).
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42
Χαλκιδίζειν
to Chalkidize
… feature seen in Eretrian dialect, but not in Chalkidian (or
Ionic
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418
Χοσρόης
Chosroes, Khosrau, Khosraw
… knowledge. [7] Parmenides was a disciple of one of the
Ionian
schools: see pi 675. The dialogue sees Socrates and Parmenides debating the existence of Platonic Forms. [8] The text of Agathias has geganwme/nos; …
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