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Ἴα
one; cry
[i)/a is the same as] mi/a, or voice, or force/strength.
high
short
ι
17
Ἰάλεμος
Ialemos, dirge
He who/that which brings grief to the lost. And [there is] a proverb, "more chilly than Ialemos." They call a dirge a Ialemos. They say that he was the son of Calliope, unfortunate and …
high
short
ι
42
Ἰάπτων
hurting
[Meaning] harming, insulting. Sophocles [writes]: "hurting [me] with words: 'see the consort of Ajax, who was the strongest in the army.'"
high
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short
ι
48
Ἴασις
healing, cure
[Healing] and relieving are different. For some diseases are treated with temporary treatments, which is relieving; but others are fully treated, which is healing. So Sophocles in Electra [writes]: "whence would you find relief …
high
short
ι
74
Ἰάψαι
to strike
[Meaning] to attack. Also [sc. attested is] i)a/yh|s ["you would strike"], [meaning] you would attack or seize us. "You would be present and strike this ray of dance." Sophocles [sc. says this].
high
short
ι
131
Ἴδριας
knowledgeable
[Meaning] experienced. "You might find us knowledgeable about war somehow or other." And in the Epigrams [the word] i)dri/ths ["knowledgeable person"] [is used]: "knowledgeable of the land, knowledgeable also of the sea." Sophocles [writes]: …
high
short
ι
148
Ἱέμενοι
being moved
[Meaning they] desiring; being eager.
high
short
ι
160
Ἱέρατο
was a priest
Pluperfect [when written] with omicron [as the final vowel]. But i(era/tw [sc. with omega] [means] let him celebrate mysteries in accordance with custom and let him sacrifice; for the sacrificers [are] orgeones.
high
short
ι
215
Ἱείς
throwing
[Meaning] releasing, shooting at. Sophocles [writes, using] ti/s in both clauses in common: "one who aims at great souls would not miss;" but aiming at worthless men, "one would not persuade" the hearer, but …
high
short
ι
217
Ἰή
ie
This has smooth breathing, when it is not in a hymn; for there it is aspirated. Euripides uses as a refrain: "ie toil, [why] do you not come to our aid?"
high
short
ι
223
Ἰηΐων
invoked with a cry
[Meaning] of [things] which happen with prayer, or of pestilential [events]; for Ieios [is] Apollo, to whom the purification of pestilences is offered. Or because it is a refrain [sung] in common [to Apollo] …
high
short
ι
235
Ἰθαιγενής
legitimate
Meaning begotten here.
high
short
ι
273
Ἵκου
come!
[Meaning] go! "But, o wretched Oedipus, listen to me and come to the house."
high
short
ι
275
Ἰκρία
benches, planks
[Meaning] straight timbers, or plankings of the ship. Also [meaning] the benches of the theatres, which were in the assemblies as well; for they [sc. the people] used to be seated upon timbers. Before …
high
medium
ι
280
Ἱκτῆρας
suppliant
[Meaning] supplicatory. "Stand up, and take up these suppliant branches."
high
short
ι
311
Ἴλη
troop
[Meaning] corps. [Meaning] concentration, formation of massed cavalry. But properly [it means] a company: "[let] one troop of men [bring] from the tent [...]." Eunapius [writes]: "then a troop of armored cavalry, more than …
high
short
ι
367
Ἰνάχειον ἄστυ
Inacheian town, Inachian town
That of Inachos.
high
short
ι
379
Ἶνις
inis
[Meaning] young man, son.
high
short
ι
386
Ἰνοῖ κρεμαμένῃ πρὸ ποδῶν Εὐριπίδου
[like] Ino hanging on to Euripides' feet
[no gloss]
high
short
ι
441
Ἰουλόπεζα
many-oared
[Referring to] a ship.
high
short
ι
451
Ἰοφῶν
Iophon
Of Athens, tragedian, legitimate son of Sophokles the tragic poet out of Nikostrate; [Sophokles] also had an illegitimate son, Ariston, out of Theodoris of Sikyon. Iophon produced 50 plays; they include Achilles, Telephos, Aktaion, …
high
short
ι
454
Ἰώ
io
[An exclamation] expressing anger. "Io Nemesis, and deep-roaring thunders!" And elsewhere: "io, io, painful wounds!"
high
short
ι
456
Ἰὼ Πρασιαὶ
alas Prasiai, io Prasiai
"[Alas Prasiai] thrice-wretched and five times and, far more, ten times, you shall be destroyed today". It is a city in Laconia.
high
short
ι
457
Ἰὼ
io
"[Io] darkness, my light, and Erebos most shining for me! Take me, take me as a dweller [sc. of your realm], take me! I am not longer worthy to look upon the race of …
high
medium
ι
471
Ἰώβ
Job
The really great and note-worthy struggler for truth, the first one who opened that universal gymnastic stadium, the man who overthrew the adversary in every round, the man who received the blows and bruises …
high
long
ι
487
Ἴων
Ion
[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, …
high
short
ι
489
Ἴων
Ion
A tragic poet; Chian by nationality.
high
short
ι
516
Ἱππαλεκτρυόνος
of a gryphon
[A gryphon is] a kind of creature.
high
short
ι
531
Ἵππευμα
chariot-ride, horseback-ride
[Meaning] a journey. Aristophanes [writes]: "what a long journey you follow, driving a chariot over the starry surface of the [holy] sky."
high
short
ι
535
Ἱππιολόφος
horsehair-crested
[no gloss]
high
short
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