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Ἐκτὸς ἰόντας
going outside
[Meaning them] exiting.
Matched in headword
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short
ει
248
Εἰς ἓν ἰόντα
going into one
[Meaning] proceeding together.
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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 …
Matched in notes
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short
ε
428
Ἐκεῖνος
that
… "there" and the suffix -enos. The variant form (used in
Ionic)
kei=nos (cf. Doric and Aeolic kh=nos) is usually classified as pertaining to poetry, but there is not a definite polarization opposing the poetic …
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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.
Matched in translation
high
short
ει
13
Εἵατο
they sat
… 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
and with lengthening ei(/atai, …
Matched in translation
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short
η
8
ᾜα
I went
… I proceeded, written with an iota. At any rate the
Ionians
say [sc. trisyllabic] h)/i+a, also h)/i+san, for h)/|esan [sc. in the third person plural]. This form must be read in Thucydides: "they were …
Matched in translation
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short
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 …
Matched in translation
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short
δ
1229
Διώκειν
to prosecute, to pursue
… many places, since some of them sailed away towards the
Ionian
sea, others elsewhere".
Matched in translation
high
short
ε
1016
Ἔμπης
nevertheless
Ionic.
But e)/mpas and e)/mpa [are] Attic. Sophocles [writes]: "the wretched man [I pity] nevertheless, despite his being hostile [toward me]."
Matched in translation
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short
ε
1174
Ἐνδιαεριανερινηχέτους
endiaerianerinêchetous
… of] compound words of dithyrambic poets; such as the poet
Ion
of Chios. See also under "dithyramb-directors."
Matched in translation
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short
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" …
Matched in notes
high
short
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 …
Matched in notes
high
short
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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β
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 …
Matched in notes
high
short
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 …
Matched in notes
high
short
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 …
Matched in notes
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short
α
398
Ἀγχιβατεῖν
to wrangle
The [verb that]
Ionians
[use for] 'to dispute'. And Heraclitus [sc. has the related noun] 'wrangling'.
Matched in translation
high
short
α
1149
Ἄλευε
keep away from
Ionians
say "avoid" this way. And [there is] a saying: "keep away from a bigger man."
Matched in translation
high
short
α
1497
Ἁμαρτίαν
sin, missing the mark
The Attic Greeks [say] a(marti/a, Herodotus and other
Ionians
[say] a(marta/s.
Matched in translation
high
short
α
1762
Ἀμφισβατεῖν
to dispute
Some [spell this] a)mfisbhtei=n, but
Ionians
also [have] a)gxibatei=n ["to wrangle"]. And Heraclitus [has the related noun] a)gxibasi/h ["wrangling"].
Matched in translation
high
short
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 …
Matched in translation
high
short
α
2892
Ἅπαν
entire, whole
The
Ionians
pronounce [sc. the second syllable] short and so does the Poet: "the entire plain was full of them." And the Attic [writers] lengthen the latter [syllable]. And para/pan likewise, and all words …
Matched in translation
high
short
α
3641
Ἀποφώλιοι
ciphers, idlers, monsters
… word]. Or uneducated men. For fwleoi/ [are] schoolhouses, as the
Ionians
say.
Matched in translation
high
short
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].
Matched in translation
high
short
α
4360
Ἀττικισμός
Atticism
… 24-letter alphabet was invented at some late date amongst the
Ionians.
Matched in translation
high
short
α
4584
Ἀφέωκα
I have sent away
… Attic [form is] a)fei=ka. But it is also used by
Ionians,
like Herodotus.
Matched in translation
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short
α
4596
Ἀφεῖκα
I have released
The Attic [form]. The [form] a)fe/wka [is] Doric. But the
Ionians
use [it] also, as Herodotus [exemplifies].
Matched in translation
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short
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