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definition556
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epic166
ethics164
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comedy99
poetry91
imagery84

32 more

military affairs82
history73
mythology58
women58
philosophy56
zoology49
rhetoric47
tragedy45
medicine44
Christianity42
food41
science and technology40

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Η eta692

Vetting status

high692

Length

Short652
Medium38
Long2

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Catharine Roth395
David Whitehead160
Stefano Sanfilippo55
Abram Ring18
Antonella Ippolito18
Anne Mahoney10

15 more

Jennifer Benedict8
Malcolm Heath7
Marcelo Boeri5
Robert Dyer3
Ross Scaife ✝2

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η1Ἢ ἤhey hey!In Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "hey hey, be quiet, don't say anything stupid". Expressing approval. ['Don't say anything stupid' means] don't say something foolish.highshort
η2ᾟwherebyMeaning as, just as.highshort
η3Ἦquoth[Meaning he/she/it] said, spoke.highshort
η4

η1

Ἢ ἤ

hey hey!

In Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "hey hey, be quiet, don't say anything stupid". Expressing approval. ['Don't say anything stupid' means] don't say something foolish.

Ἢ ἤ· παρὰ Ἀριστοφάνει ἐν Νεφέλαις· ἢ ἤ, σιώπα, μηδὲν εἴπῃς νήπιον. συγκαταθετικῶς. μὴ εἴπῃς δὲ εὔηθες.

gender and sexuality

gender and sexuality

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39

trade and manufacture28

trade and manufacture28

meter and music17

meter and music17

Tony Natoli

Tony Natoli

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Carl Widstrand1

Carl Widstrand1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

Kristen Bentley1

Kristen Bentley1

Phiroze Vasunia1

Phiroze Vasunia1

William Hutton1

William Hutton1

Ἦ

I was

Used for h)=n ["I was"] without the nu. "Just as I learned when I was a boy". [So says] Aristophanes in Birds. Also in Lysistrata: "I was ten years old". [Also] used for e)/a, …

highshort

η5ἮI was, he was[I was,] for h)/mhn. Also without the nu. Aristophanes in Wealth: "the things I was prepared to hide". Also used in the third person. But it also serves for h)/mhn as the result of …highmedium

η6Ἧwhere, which way[h(= means the same as] o(/pou; of a place. "[...] where it is simultaneously solid and, at the same time, flat."highshort

η7ᾟ νομίζεταιas is customary[Meaning] as is usually done for the dead. Ans elsewhere: h(=| [is used] to mean where. "[Corinth,] where, finding delight and such pleasure, you resolved to stay."highshort

η8ᾜαI wentA disyllabic way of saying 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 …highshort

η9ἀγάπη οὐ περπερεύεταιlove is not boastfulMeaning does not thrust itself forward. See under perpereia.highshort

η10ᾘακότεςwailing[Meaning they who are] lamenting/singing dirges.highshort

η11Ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσιςthe statement from ScythiansThe proverb is applied to those who sharply tell someone to go hang; inasmuch as the Scythians responded to Dareios the Persian, after he had made an announcement about yielding, telling him to go …highshort

η12ἨάριζονI was springing, they were springingThe [verb meaning] I was/they were speaking of the spring.highshort

η13Ἡβᾷcomes of age, is of age[Meaning he/she/it] is in peak condition, is vigorous.highshort

η14Ἡβάσκειcomes of age[Meaning he/she/it] is in peak condition.highshort

η15Ἠβαιαίtiny [ones]Also [sc. attested is the singular] h)baio/n, [meaning] small, little.highshort

η16Ἥβηadolescence; Hebe[Meaning] youth, prime. It also signifies a name of a goddess.highshort

η17Ἡβηδόνfrom the youth upwards, all of age[Meaning] them who are of age; or the armies, or all gathered together in accordance with age-groups. "They slaughtered everyone who was of age, feeling anger because the people were not subject to their …highshort

η18Ἡβηδόνfrom the youth upwards[Meaning] with every age group. But in Herodotus [the word is used] meaning with shame, with licentiousness.highshort

η19Ἡβήσαντεςhaving come of age[Meaning they] having matured . Eunapius [writes]: "and the boys having come of age and gained control of their heart and hands". Also "to have been of age for two years" is said whenever …highmedium

η20Ἡβητήρ(young) adult, in one's primeAlso [sc. attested is the related noun] h(/bh ["youthful prime"], [meaning] the first growth of the [facial] hairs. In the Epigrams: "young men in their prime [are] not a fine thing. For I detest …highshort

η21Ἡβητήριονyouths' hall[Meaning] the school.highshort

η22Ἡβητήριονyouths' hall[Meaning] the lodging.highshort

η23Ἡβόςhumpbacked[Meaning] curved/humped. Hippocrates the Coan says [the word].highshort

η24ἘβουλόμηνI wishedMore Attic thus [e)boulo/mhn], but most people [say] h)boulo/mhn.highshort

η25ᾟ βούλονταιin what way they want[Meaning] in accordance with what they want.highshort

η26ἩβῶμαιI would be of ageand h(bw=|mi and h(bw/oimi, [meaning] I might grow [up].highshort

η27Ἡβώωσαbeing of age[Meaning] growing up.highshort

η28Ἡβυλλιῶσαιbeing youthful[Meaning they] being in the prime of youth. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "dancing-girls being youthful and freshly plucked". He leaves out "[as to] their hair." For marriageable young women used to pluck out their …highshort

η29Ἠγαθέηvery holy[Meaning] the most holy.highshort

η30Ἤγαλλενused to honour[Meaning he/she/it] used to serve. Dio in [the] 16th book of Roman [History writes]: "so both for these reasons and because he strictly paid honour to divinity". Other writers have used this term including …highshort

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