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242 entries for
Ion
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ε
523
Ἐκόησεν
heard
[Meaning he/she/it] noticed.
Ionic
[sc. dialect]. In Callimachus.
Matched in translation
high
short
ε
989
Ἐμιτρώσατο
put on a girdle, put on a headband
… harmony and used to wear girdles and move in the
Ionic
style." Meaning wearing mitrai, that is girdles, they used to walk around gracefully.
Matched in translation
high
short
ε
1567
Ἐξάρτυσις
equipment
"[He] having found out about the equipment of the
Ionians."
That is, their armament.
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ε
1639
Ἐξέπλωσας
you have sailed out
… out of your right mind, mutilating yourself?" [He uses this
Ionic
form] instead of [Attic] e)ce/pleusas ["you have sailed out"], that is you have been turned aside and you have run aground.
Matched in translation
high
short
ε
2519
Ἐπιπλώσας
having sailed upon
… is] e)piplw/s, in Homer. [It comes] from the [verb] ple/w,
[Ionic]
plw/w, [future], plw/sw, [aorist participle] plw/sas, by syncope plw/s, and [compound] e)piplw/s. It is indeclinable, because it is aorist in sound, but its …
Matched in translation
high
short
ε
3099
Ἐρυθραῖον
Erythraian
Those from the polis in
Ionia
called Erythrai.
Matched in translation
high
short
ε
3529
Εὐκαιρία
favourable location, felicitous position
… as a citadel, both by land and by sea, protecting
Ionia
and the cities of the Hellespont, and it is always a most favourably-located defence against Europe for the kings of Asia".
Matched in translation
high
short
ε
3753
Εὐστομεῖν
to speak euphonious words
The [verb that means] to speak auspiciously. And the
Ionians
say eu)/stoma kei/sqw ["let euphonious words prevail"].
Matched in translation
high
short
ε
3878
Ἐφέται
ephetai, ephetae
Those judging the murder-trials at [the] Palladion and at [the] Prytan[e]ion and at [the] Delphinion and at Phreato are called ephetai. Also [sc. attested is the singular] e)fe/ths, the juror.
Matched in translation
high
short
η
536
Ἡρόδοτος
Herodotus, Herodotos
… Lygdamis the son of Pisindelis. In Samos he practised the
Ionian
dialect and wrote a history in nine books, beginning with Cyrus the Persian and Candaules the king of the Lydians. He went back …
Matched in translation
high
medium
κ
22
Κάδμος
Kadmos, Cadmus
… Orpheus. He composed the Founding of Miletus and of all
Ionia
in 4 books. They say Cadmus was the first to bring to Greece the alphabet, which the Phoenicians first invented.
Matched in translation
high
short
χ
444
Χωρὶς ἱππεῖς
cavalry 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 translation
high
short
χ
525
Χριστόδωρος
Christodoros, 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.
Matched in translation
high
medium
χ
582
Χρυσὸς Κολοφώνιος
Colophonian 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 translation
high
short
α
178
Ἀγαίομαι
I admire, I am jealous [of]
Same material, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (326 and 162) [1] Epic/Ionic verb; cf. a)/gamai at alpha 138, alpha 139, alpha 141. [2] In LSJ, a)gai=os (A).
Matched in notes
high
short
α
221
Ἀγηνορίη
arrogance, pride
Same glossing in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (7.20). As LSJ s.v. indicates (web address 1), the headword noun (ending -rie in epic/Ionic dialect, -ria in others) has overtones which depend on context. What may be …
Matched in notes
high
short
α
237
Ἀγίνεον
they were bringing
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Epic/Ionic verb (LSJ entry at web address 1.) This form of it -- imperfect, third person plural -- is probably extracted from its only occurrence …
Matched in notes
high
short
α
312
Ἀγορήν
gathering, meeting
Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha241 Theodoridis. The headword is the epic/Ionic form of agora, here in the accusative (extracted from Homer: Iliad 1.54, 1.305, etc.) cf. alpha 299, …
Matched in notes
high
short
α
347
Ἀγρεσία
hunting
… and vocative singular; cf LSJ s.v. (web address 1). The
Ionic
and epic form of its genitive singular appears in the following quotation. [1] Greek Anthology 6.13.1-2 (Leonidas of Tarentum), again at alpha 369 …
Matched in notes
high
short
α
369
Ἀγρότας
countrymen, 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 notes
high
short
α
441
Ἀδελφειός
brother
The 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 notes
high
short
α
525
Ἀδραστίδης
Adrastides
… 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 notes
high
short
α
556
Ἀερέθονται
they drive on
… 3.108, where -- as regularly elsewhere -- the form is
Ionic
h)ere/qontai; cf. under pi 2605.
Matched in notes
high
short
α
580
Ἀζαλέη
parched
Same 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 notes
high
short
α
589
Ἀζηλόεν
gloomy
… 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 notes
high
short
α
658
Ἀηνές
aenes, (?)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 notes
high
short
α
681
Ἄϊεν
breathed
One 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 notes
high
short
α
729
Ἀθηναίας
Athenaiai, 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 notes
high
medium
α
875
Ἀκιδαλία
Akidalia, 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 notes
high
short
α
978
Ἀκρησία
bad-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 notes
high
short
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