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proverbs3

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zoology3
comedy2
economics2
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religion2
science and technology2
art history1
botany1
children1
chronology1
dreams1
mathematics

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Χ chi12

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high12

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Medium2

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Jennifer Benedict5
David Whitehead3
Catharine Roth1
Ioannis Doukas1
Ross Scaife ✝1
William Hutton1

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χ470ΧρείωI 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 noteshighshort
χ444Χωρὶς ἱππεῖςcavalry away!When Datis had invaded Attica, they say that the Ionians, after his withdrawal, climbed trees and signalled to the Athenians that the cavalry were away; and on learning that they had gone Miltiades charged …Matched in translationhighshort
χ525ΧριστόδωροςChristodoros, Christodorus… Heliopolis where the so-called Aphaka are), Land of Miletos in Ionia, Land of Tralles, Land of Aphrodisias, Description of the Statues in [the baths of] Zeuxippos [at Constantinople], and many other works.

χ470

Χρείω

I proclaim

The [verb that means] I prophesy. [Spelled] with a diphthong; but the future xrh/sw [is spelled] with eta. But xri/w [meaning] anoint [is spelled] with iota.

Χρείω· τὸ μαντεύομαι. διὰ διφθόγγου· ὁ δὲ μέλλων χρήσω διὰ τοῦ η. Χρίω δὲ τὸ ἀλείφω, διὰ τοῦ ι.

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χ582Χρυσὸς ΚολοφώνιοςColophonian gold, Kolophonian gold… the gold-mines around Thrace and [the river] Strymon with certain Ionians and worked hard for the gold. Interpretation of a dream: by gaining gold you will fail to achieve the things you desire.Matched in translationhighshort

χ42Χαλκιδίζεινto Chalkidize… feature seen in Eretrian dialect, but not in Chalkidian (or Ionic in general).Matched in noteshighshort

χ63ΧαμάδιςgroundwardsThe primary headword xama/dis appears frequently in Homer (e.g. Iliad 3.300, 6.147; Odyssey 9.290); also in Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 357. Commentary on these passages is the most probable source for most of the …Matched in noteshighshort

χ86Χαράδραcharadra, ravineFor this headword cf. chi 87, chi 88. [1] Aristophanes, Peace 757 (web address 1 below). This portion of the text is identical to another passage in Aristophanes (at Wasps 1034; web address 2 …Matched in noteshighshort

χ143Χαρτοφυλάκιονdocument-case… 564. [2] These words are formed in -eion rather than -ion and are properispomenon (have a circumflex accent on the penult) rather than proparoxytone (with an acute accent on the antepenult). On sitofulakei=on see …Matched in noteshighshort

χ224Χειᾷin a holeThe headword noun is in the dative singular, very probably quoted from Homer, Iliad 22.93 (though the form there is xeih=| in the epic/Ionic dialect; see web address 1 below). See the A and …Matched in noteshighshort

χ347Χλόηshoot, sproutSimilarly in Hesychius. Doric xlo/a, Ionic xloi/h. The first green shoot of a plant in spring; also an epithet of Demeter. cf. mu 125, nu 100.Matched in noteshighshort

χ418ΧοσρόηςChosroes, 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; …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ491Χρήμηneed[1] The headword is the Ionic-dialect equivalent of the first of the glosses, i.e. xrei/a in LSJ's sense I. Besides the instance about to be given, see Archilochus fr. 130 West. [2] ps.-Herodotus, On …Matched in noteshighshort