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dialects, grammar, and etymology153
definition129
epic57
poetry45
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religion33
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biography21
history21

31 more

military affairs19
imagery18
gender and sexuality15
tragedy15
zoology15
mythology14
philosophy11
food9
medicine9
science and technology9
women9
meter and music8

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Α alpha52
Ε epsilon44
Η eta21
Δ delta20
Χ chi9
Β beta8
ΑΙ alphaiota5
ΕΙ epsiloniota4

Vetting status

high163

Length

Short152
Medium11

Translator

Catharine Roth58
Jennifer Benedict40
William Hutton17
David Whitehead10
Robert Dyer5
Antonella Ippolito4

19 more

Anne Mahoney3
Stefano Sanfilippo3
Craig Gibson2
George Mallon2
Gregory Hays2
Ioannis Doukas

163 entries for Ion

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α4208Ἀσπαστοίwelcome, welcomed… quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. [3] This (Ionic) word is Callimachus fr. 427 Schneider.Matched in noteshighshort
α4404Ἀοῖονof dawn… Doric form in the first line of a dithyramb by Ion of Chios (fr.745 in D.L. Page, Poetae Melici Graeci), cited at delta 1029 (see note 3 there); cf. iota 487.Matched in noteshighshort
α4480ΑὖτιςagainThe first of these forms, autis, is epic/Ionic, sometimes also attested in manuscripts of Attic tragedy: see LSJ s.v., and cf. alpha 4430.Matched in noteshighshort

α4208

Ἀσπαστοί

welcome, welcomed

[Meaning] glad [men], god-like [men]. But in Callimachus [one finds] a)spastu/s ["welcome"], [genitive] a)spastu/os, that is, a friendly greeting.

Ἀσπαστοί· ἄσμενοι, θεοειδεῖς. παρὰ δὲ Καλλιμάχῳ Ἀσπαστύς, ἀσπαστύος, τουτέστι προσηγορία φιλία.

Christianity

Christianity

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trade and manufacture6

trade and manufacture6

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Nathan Greenberg ✝2

Nathan Greenberg ✝2

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Oliver Phillips ✝2

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Nicholas Fincher1

Nicholas Fincher1

Peter Anderson1

Peter Anderson1

Sean M. Redmond1

Sean M. Redmond1

α4645Ἀφραστύεςfollies

cf. generally alpha 4646. [1] The headword is an Ionic/poetic form for a)fradi/a. Here nominative plural, presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 318 Pfeiffer. See also the scholia there.

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αι219Αἱ νῆτταιthe ducks[1] The headword noun is the Attic form of this nominative plural, the "gloss" its epic/Ionic equivalent; cf. nu 338. The phrase as a whole, with the definite article, is doubtless quoted from Aristophanes, …Matched in noteshighshort

αι278Αἶραdarnel; sphere; Airai (?)… zeta 99. [2] Perhaps Airai (sic), west of Teos in Ionia. See Barrington Atlas map 56 grid D5; Lene Rubinstein in M.H. Hansen & T.H. Nielsen (eds.), An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis …Matched in noteshighshort

αι294Αἱρεύμενοςchoosing… is present middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of ai(re/w, with Ionic spelling of the contraction. For the glossing cf. the scholia on Homer, Iliad 16.353, where the corresponding plural occurs (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

β12ΒαγαῖοςBagaios, Bagaeus… address 1). Oroetes, the Persian satrap of Sardis, Phrygia, and Ionia (see omicron 645) crucified Polycrates, the client tyrant of Samos, because Polycrates would not acknowledge his overlordship. Oroetes, however, failed to fully support …Matched in noteshighshort

β156Βασιλήϊοςroyal… in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The unglossed headword is an epic, Ionic, Aeolic form for basi/leios: LSJ entry at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

β242Βέρεθρονgulf, pitThe headword is an epic/Ionic form of Attic ba/raqron (beta 99, beta 100, beta 101). [1] From the scholia on Homer, Iliad 8.14, where the headword occurs (referring to Tartaros: web address 1). [2] …Matched in noteshighshort

β338Βλήχωνpennyroyal… [1] blh/xwn is the Attic form, while glh/xwn is the Ionic (and gla/xwn the Doric); cf. gamma 287. [2] Pennyroyal, a plant of the mint family (Mentha pulegium), is native to most parts of …Matched in noteshighshort

β357ΒοηδρομίαBoedromia… [2] His name has fallen out of the text here: Ion. Xouthos is mentioned at xi 82.Matched in noteshighshort

β477Βουχανδήςox-holding… note that the received names, the Doric *)Eriaspi/das and the Ionic *Kleu/botos, do not appear to occur elsewhere (ibid.).Matched in noteshighshort

β562Βροῦχοςlocust… noting that the headword can also be spelled brou=kos in Ionic and brou=ka in Cypriot. (An earlier entry, besides, has registered Cretan breu=kos.) But the Suda's brou=xos is the form standard in the Septuagint. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ55ΔαμοίτηςDamoites, DamoetesIonic version of the name Damoitas (in Theocritus and elsewhere).Matched in noteshighshort

δ156Δεδοκημένοςlying in wait for… see below) is an irregular perfect middle/passive participle form of Ionic de/komai, Attic de/xomai. [1] Same glossing in Photius and other lexica. [2] Same glossing in (e.g.) Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon; also in the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

δ254ΔέρηneckSame material, variously, in other lexica. cf. generally delta 249, delta 252, delta 253, delta 364. [1] Attic form. [2] Epic/Ionic form. The Aeolic form is de/ra, and the older form derva is attested …Matched in noteshighshort

δ258ΔερκυλλίδαςDerkyllidas, Dercyllidas, Derkylidas, Dercylidas… in hostilities against the Persian satraps Tissaphernes and Pharnabazos in Ionia and Hellespontine Phrygia (Xen. Hell. 3.1.8-2.20). Replaced in command by the Spartan king Agesilaos II in 396, Derkylidas apparently returned to Sparta and …Matched in noteshighshort

δ486Δήπουθενdoubtless, presumably… s.v. (which has itself probably been generated by either Plato, Ion 534A or Philebus 62E). [1] This alternative gloss, repeated at the end of the entry, would strictly apply to dh/poqen: see LSJ s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ515Διαγεγονότοςelapsed, gone through, surviving… the fifth century A.D. [4] Source(?s) unidentifiable. The verb diaginw/skw (Ionic and later for diagign-) is common in all periods, but is particularly important in medical literature -- starting from Hippocrates, and specially in …Matched in noteshighshort

δ705Διαπλώσαςhaving sailed through[1] The headword gives the Ionic form (extracted from the quotation given); the first gloss gives the Attic equivalent. [2] Greek Anthology 7.23b1-2 (attributed to Antipater of Sidon, addressing the poet Anacreon (see alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

δ718Διαπρήσειaccomplishes… quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested) is an Ionic dialect form, regularly spelled with double sigma, corresponding to Attic diapra/ttei, koine diapra/ssei.Matched in noteshighshort

δ781Διατεθώκηταιhas been separated… association on the part of the lexicographer with qake/w (epic, Ionic and Doric: qwke/w; cf. theta 3, theta 425) meaning 'sit', but compounds of this verb with the prefix dia- are otherwise unattested.Matched in noteshighshort

δ854Δίγλωσσοςbilingualcf. alpha 2130, sigma 704. [1] The headword has the Ionic/koine spelling; the quotation uses the Attic form (LSJ entry at web address 1). [2] Diogenes Laertius 1.101.Matched in noteshighshort

δ942Διερέττονταrowing about… of the Attic verb diere/ttw. The present participle of the Ionic form of the verb, diere/ssw, occurs in Euripides, Trojan Women 1258, but there it is masculine accusative plural (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… word reminiscent of Euripidean language: see Andromache 227, Iph.Taur. 645, Ion 106, Iph.Aul. 1515, fr.856.4. [6] a)pie/nai: jussive infinitive; cf. Aristophanes, Wasps 386. [7] ei)s e)/nhn, "the day after tomorrow" (e)/nefin Hesiod, Works and …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1227Δίωκε ἀρετήνpursue excellence… a)reth/n, feu=ge yo/gon "pursue glory and excellence, flee blame"; Euripides, Ion 439-440 su/ [...] e)pei\ kratei=s a)reta\s di/wke (web address 3). Bernhardy's suggested correction of the entry to a)reta\s di/wke, rests on this Euripidean …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1431Δουρίληπτοςspear-takenLikewise in other lexica. The headword is an Ionic variant of dori/lhptos; both forms occur in Attic tragedy. cf. generally delta 1380, delta 1430.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1492Δράκαυλοςdrakaulos; living with a snake… the daughters of Cecrops are explored by Pearson (using Euripides, Ion 21ff., 271ff., Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.552ff. and other sources). There was a snake sacred to Athena on the Acropolis (see Pearson). Cadmus' daughters are …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1524Δρησμόςrunning-awayIonic dialect version of drasmo/s (delta 1509). Seven instances in Herodotus (and three in the Plutarchean de Herodoti malignitate).Matched in noteshighshort

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