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Ἔα
allow!
[Meaning] permit!
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2
Ἐάγη
was smashed
[Meaning he/she/it] was broken, was shattered.
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ε
3
Ἔα δή
hah indeed!, oh indeed!
[Meaning] come on then!
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4
Ἐαδότα
having given pleasure, having pleased
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32
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32
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[Meaning one which is] satisfying. [The paradigm is] h(/dw ['I give pleasure'], h(/sw ['I shall give pleasure'], h(=da ['I gave pleasure'], with dissolution [of the long eta into ea-], e)/ada, [participle] e)adw/s, [genitive] e)ado/tos, …
high
short
ε
5
Ἐακότες
having let go
[Meaning they] having begged off, having given up.
high
short
ε
6
Ἑάλω
was captured
[Meaning he/she/it] was caught, was overpowered. Also [sc. attested is] e(a/lwken ["has been captured"], [meaning] was taken. Also [sc. attested is] e(alwkw/s ["he having been captured"] and e(alwko/twn ["of those having been captured"] and …
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ε
7
Ἐάν
if
Those who deal with Thucydides unanimously say that [this e)a/n spelling occurs] when h)\ ["or"] precedes it, but that when [the words] are not in this order he uses the contraction [h)/n]. In the …
high
short
ε
8
Ἑανόν
fine, light
[Meaning] that which is delicate.
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ε
9
Ἑανῷ λιτί
with fine linen
Thus he called the light [fabric]. And elsewhere: "great Egypt tore her locks with a fine garment."
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ε
10
Ἔαρ
spring, springtime; blood
[Meaning] mildness of the air; season of the year in which the sun moves towards us. It declines e)/aros [in the genitive] and with crasis h)=ros; and the dative [is] e)/ari and with crasis …
high
short
ε
11
Ἔαρος χρῄζει
is in want of spring
Because [he] has an old tunic. And Aristophanes [writes]: "he seems to be in need of not a few swallows." For one swallow does not make a spring.
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short
ε
12
Ἐαρινὴ
vernal
[e)arinh/] and e)arinh=si: [both mean] of spring.
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ε
13
Ἐαρινός
vernal
[Meaning] that [which takes place] in the season of the spring.
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ε
14
Ἕαται
they sit
[e(/atai]: e(w=, e(/hmi, e(/emai, h(=mai, [all meaning] "I sit down," h(=ntai, e(/atai in Ionic and with lengthening ei(/atai, like me/mnhtai, memne/atai.
high
short
ε
15
Ἑαυτῷ
[to/for] oneself
[Used] in reference to the third person. But the speakers of the Attic dialect use it also in reference to the second person.
high
short
ε
16
Ἑαυτούς
themselves
The speakers of the Attic dialect say [this] instead of "each other."
high
short
ε
17
Ἑάφθη
followed(?)
[Meaning he/she/it] accompanied. [Present] e(/pw, [future] e(/yw, [perfect active] h(=fa, [perfect middle] h(=mmai, [aorist passive] h(/fqhn and with resolution [of the eta] e(a/fqhn, third person e(a/fqh.
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short
ε
18
Ἔβα με
came upon me
[Meaning he/she/it] seized me. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "what debt came upon me after Pasias?"
high
short
ε
19
Ἐβαρύνετο
was weighed down
[The form e)baru/neto is] more correct; for one should not say e)barou=nto ["they were weighed down"] or barou=mai ["I am weighed down"] or barou/menos ["being weighed down"] nor make any other inflected form from …
high
short
ε
20
Ἐβαρυώπησαν
they became dim-sighted
[Meaning] they became heavy in the eyes.
high
short
ε
21
Ἔβασον
allow!
[Meaning the same as] e)/ason.
high
short
ε
22
Ἐβάστασεν
weighed
Meaning [he/she/it] scrutinized. "[She] examined all appearances, weighed everything in her mind, and found words abundant and elegant".
high
short
ε
23
Ἐβδελύχθησαν
they were abominated
[Meaning] they were rejected.
high
short
ε
24
Ἑβδομάτη
seventh
[e(bdoma/th is the same as] e(bdo/mh.
high
short
ε
25
Ἑβδομαῖος
seventh-day
[Meaning] seventh. Besides six mooncakes they used to dress a "seventh ox", which had horns replicating the early moon. So [there arises the phrase] "seventh ox", applied to those who are unfeeling. The wise …
high
short
ε
26
Ἑβδομευόμενα
seven-days-old
They used to mark the seventh and the tenth [days] for newborn children and give them their names, some [say] on the the seventh day, some on the tenth.
high
short
ε
27
Ἔβελος
ebelos, ebony
[Meaning] the timber [of that name]. Also [sc. attested is] e)/benos [used] likewise.
high
short
ε
28
Ἐβιάζοντο
they were under duress
Thucydides also [applies it] to those suffering.
high
short
ε
29
Ἐβληχῶντο
they were bleating
In reference to sheep.
high
short
ε
30
Ἐβόησεν
shouted
[Meaning he/she/it] cried aloud.
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