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Κ kappa27
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Jennifer Benedict42
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dialects, grammar, and etymology194
definition165
epic75
poetry56
geography49
historiography42
religion42
ethics35
comedy34
biography27
daily life26
history24

32 more

imagery24
zoology22
military affairs21
tragedy20
gender and sexuality18
food16
mythology16
philosophy14
science and technology12
botany11
medicine11
meter and music11

Letter

Α alpha52
Ε epsilon44
Κ kappa27
Η eta22
Ι iota22
Δ delta20
Χ chi9
Β beta8

3 more

ΑΙ alphaiota5
ΕΙ epsiloniota4

Vetting status

high215

Length

Short203
Medium12

Translator

Catharine Roth84
Jennifer Benedict42
David Whitehead23
William Hutton17
Nick Nicholas6
Robert Dyer5

23 more

Anne Mahoney4
Antonella Ippolito4
Stefano Sanfilippo3
Craig Gibson2
George Mallon2
Gregory Hays

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α369Ἀγρόταςcountrymen, rurals… nominative singular and of the genitive singular (the latter in Ionic and epic form). [1] Same glossing in other lexica; references at Photius alpha271 Theodoridis. [2] From beta 457. [3] Greek Anthology 6.13.1-2 (Leonidas …Matched in noteshighshort
α441ἈδελφειόςbrotherThe headword is the epic/Ionic form of the first gloss. [1] On father's or mother's side both, apparently (cf. e.g. Herodotus 1.65 and 4.67); see LSJ s.v. a)delfidou=s. [2] Isocrates 19.30; Hecataeus FGrH 1 …Matched in noteshighshort
α525ἈδραστίδηςAdrastides… and cf. alpha 526). Though the lexicographer gives it in Ionic dialect form, it was perhaps generated by Doric *)adrastida=n qa/los in Pindar, Olympian 2.45.Matched in noteshigh

α369

Ἀγρότας

countrymen, rurals

[Meaning] rustics. Also [sc. attested is the nominative singular] a)gro/ths ["countryman"], [meaning] he who lives in the country. "But you were bent over like a drunken countryman." And in the Epigrams: "the three…

Ἀγρότας· ἀγροίκους. καὶ Ἀγρότης· ὁ ἐν ἀγρῷ διαιτώμενος. ἀλλ' ὡς πάροινος ἀγρότης ἀνεκλίθης. καὶ ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· οἱ τρισσοί τοι ταῦτα τὰ δίκτυα θῆκαν ὅμαιμοι ἀγρότα Πὰν, ἄλλος…

women

women

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11

trade and manufacture9

trade and manufacture9

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Γ gamma

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2

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Ioannis Doukas2

Ioannis Doukas2

Nathan Greenberg ✝2

Nathan Greenberg ✝2

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Alan Sommerstein1

Alan Sommerstein1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Nicholas Fincher1

Nicholas Fincher1

Peter Anderson1

Peter Anderson1

Sean M. Redmond1

Sean M. Redmond1

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α556Ἀερέθονταιthey drive on… 3.108, where -- as regularly elsewhere -- the form is Ionic h)ere/qontai; cf. under pi 2605.Matched in noteshighshort

α580ἈζαλέηparchedSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is the epic/Ionic feminine nominative singular of a)zale/os (for which adjective see already alpha 579). For the gloss cf. the scholia to Homer, …Matched in noteshighshort

α589Ἀζηλόενgloomy… but the suffix seems arbitrary. (It should not be an Ionic form of the adjective a)zale/os [alpha 579, alpha 580], which has a short alpha.)Matched in noteshighshort

α658Ἀηνέςaenes, (?)never-ending… perhaps with a quantitative metathesis. Alternatively, it might be an Ionic form of a)ane/s cited by Hesychius alpha18 as meaning "not to be accomplished." At Hesychius alpha1513 itself, however, Latte cites 'Archil[ochus] fr. 38', …Matched in noteshighshort

α681ἌϊενbreathedOne might have supposed that this headword was the imperfect (third person singular) of a)i/w "I hear", and as such quoted from Homer, Iliad 11.463; but the gloss does not fit that. Instead, this …Matched in noteshighshort

α729ἈθηναίαςAthenaiai, Athenaeae, Athenian women… K.-A.). [7] Here Photius' entry is carelessly abbreviated. Read: 'and Ion says that...': FGrH 392 F11. (For Themistocles see generally theta 124, theta 125, theta 126. He had several daughters; the one in question …Matched in noteshighmedium

α875ἈκιδαλίαAkidalia, Acidalia… other lexica too (but with the headword name ending in Ionic -i/h). The phrase "hand of Akidalia" is preserved from Pindar (fr.244 Snell-Maehler): the nymph of the spring? In any event, the Akidalia spring …Matched in noteshighshort

α978Ἀκρησίαbad-mixture, ill-temperature; debility… headword translations above): web address 1. In both instances the Ionic dialect variant ought to be a)krhsi/h (as in Hippocrates, for LSJ's A); this a)krhsi/a is confined to lexicography.Matched in noteshighshort

α1203Ἀλίαthrong… the putative decree of Byzantium inserted into Demosthenes 18.90. In Ionic it is spelled a(li/h or h(li/h. See LSJ a(li/a (A).Matched in noteshighshort

α1221ἉλίηmarineEpic/Ionic feminine nominative of a(/lios (A): cf. alpha 1237. Ths gloss is that of the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 2.318, where the headword occurs (referring to a journey).Matched in noteshighshort

α1237ἍλιοςmarineSame or similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and in several Homeric scholia (e.g. to Iliad 4.26). [1] From a(/ls: LSJ s.v. a(/lios (A): entry at web address 1. [2] LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort

α1288ἈλκίφρωνAlkiphron, Alciphron… C2 or C3 CE (see OCD(4) s.v. Alciphron). [1] In Ionia, near Ephesus; the qualifier differentiates it from its several homonyms.Matched in noteshighshort

α1448ἈλφειόςAlpheios, Alpheus… northwest past Mount Lykaion (lambda 799), and empties into the Ionian Sea (Barrington Atlas map 58 grid A2) west of Olympia. [1] Homer, Iliad 5.545 (web address 1). Pylos (cf. pi 3167) is in …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1592Ἀμιθρῆσαιto calculateThe headword is an aorist active infinitive. [1] Callimachus, Hymn to Demeter 86, and Hecale fr.314. LSJ s.v. cite other instances of this epic/Ionic/poetic inversion of a)riqmw=.Matched in noteshighshort

α1619Ἀμόθενfrom somewhere… whether it should be written with smooth breathing (Aeolic or Ionic) or rough breathing (Attic). See LSJ at web address 1 and web address 2.Matched in noteshighshort

α1757Ἀμφίπυρονaflame, flaming… 1); cf. for the headword Sophocles, Trachiniae 214, and Euripides, Ion 212.Matched in noteshighshort

α1868Ἀναζυγαῖςwithdrawals… 1448; Barrington Atlas map 54 grid C5) is the largest Ionian island off the western Greek coast. [3] Polybius fr. 103 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (pp. 528-529) that Valesius (Henri de Valois 1603-1676) attributed this …Matched in noteshighshort

α1912Ἀνακωχεύειrefrains… generally LSJ s.v. a)nokwxeu/w (sic). The ana- form, here, is Ionic. [1] Sophocles, Electra 732 (web address 1), with scholion; similar material in Photius, Hesychius and elsewhere. [2] cf. alpha 2238. [3] This rather …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2058Ἀναρρύειdraws back the head… [3] The Apato(u)ria (OCD(4) pp.114-15) was celebrated by Athenians and Ionians in the month of Pyanepsion (October-November), during which youths who had come of age were admitted to the phratries. See alpha 2940. [4] …Matched in noteshighshort

α2203Ἀναισίμουused upIonic verb: see LSJ s.v. [1] The only other attestation of the headword -- an imperfect with aorist force -- occurs in Herodotus 1.185.4 (on the construction by Nitocris [nu 433a] of an embankment …Matched in noteshighshort

α2373Ἀνειλήθυιανhaving never given birth… LSJ s.v. a)neilei/quia [sic], and cf. epsiloniota 108. [1] Euripides, Ion 453 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α2419Ἀνηνείκαντοthey called to mindBesides here, the headword -- Ionic aorist middle of a)nafe/rw -- is attested only in Herodotus 8.32.1 and 8.36.2; however, in neither of those passages does it bear the meaning 'they called to mind' …Matched in noteshighshort

α2464Ἀνιηρέστεροςmore grievous, rather grievousMetrically convenient irregular comparative of a)nihro/s (Ionic for a)niaro/s). Homer, Odyssey 2.190 (see web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

α2688Ἀντίξοονadverse… given. [1] Herodotus 6.7 (of what the participants in the Ionian Revolt resolve not to do; the emphasis in pezo\n me\n strato\n mhde/na sulle/gein ktl is to fight at sea, not on land). See …Matched in noteshighshort

α2772Ἀνοίγειopens… clear, but a)noignu/ei is otherwise unattested.) [2] Herodotus 4.58, in Ionic dialect (web address 1 below). [3] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable (Adler suggests Aelian.) [4] Not identified …Matched in noteshighshort

α2805Ἀξιαπηγητότατα(things) most worthy of telling.Neuter plural superlative, Ionic form: see LSJ entry at web address 1. Used by Herodotus 1.17 (see at gamma 472) and 1.177, and surely quoted here from one of those passages.Matched in noteshighshort

α2823Ἀξιόχρεωνworthwhile… omicron for omega, a)cio/xreon for a)cio/xrewn, is proper to the Ionic dialect.Matched in noteshighshort

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