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dialects, grammar, and etymology199
definition170
epic77
poetry56
geography50
religion45
historiography44
ethics36
comedy34
biography28
daily life27
history26

32 more

imagery24
military affairs23
zoology23
tragedy20
gender and sexuality18
mythology17
food16
philosophy15
medicine12
science and technology12
botany11
meter and music11

Letter

Α alpha52
Ε epsilon44
Κ kappa33
Η eta22
Ι iota22
Δ delta20
Χ chi9
Β beta8

3 more

ΑΙ alphaiota5
ΕΙ epsiloniota4

Vetting status

high221

Length

Short208
Medium13

Translator

Catharine Roth85
Jennifer Benedict43
David Whitehead25
William Hutton17
Nick Nicholas8
Robert Dyer5

23 more

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

221 entries for ion

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α2823Ἀξιόχρεωνworthwhile… omicron for omega, a)cio/xreon for a)cio/xrewn, is proper to the Ionic dialect.Matched in noteshighshort
α3138Ἄπεισινgoes away, will go away… usually has present sense in Homer, but in Attic and Ionic it (and its compounds) came to be used with a future sense. See alpha 3114, alpha 3139, alpha 3208.Matched in noteshighshort
α3208Ἄπιμενwe shall go away… usually has present sense in Homer, but in Attic and Ionic it (and its compounds) came to be used with a future sense. See alpha 3114 and alpha 3138.Matched in noteshighshort

α2823

Ἀξιόχρεων

worthwhile

They say [it] in [ = with] the omega; and the neuter form likewise. The [form] a)cio/xreon [is] bad Greek. So a)cio/xrews [means] sufficient, secure, trustworthy.

Ἀξιόχρεων· ἐν τῷ ω μεγάλῳ λέγουσι· καὶ οὐδετέρως ὁμοίως. τὸ δὲ ἀξιόχρεον βάρβαρον. Ἀξιόχρεως οὖν ἱκανὸς, ἐχέγγυος, ἀξιόπιστος.

women

women

11

11

trade and manufacture10

trade and manufacture10

Γ gamma

Γ gamma

2

2

2

2

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

α3220Ἁ πίτυςthe pine-treeEntry lacking, Adler reports, in some of the manuscripts. [1] Theocritus (see next note) wrote in a Doric dialect: the feminine nominative singular of the definite article was a(, which the Suda glosses with …

Matched in noteshighshort

α3231Ἄπλητονunapproachable, terribleThe headword is the epic and Ionic form of a)/platos (see LSJ at web address 1), here in the masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular. Different glossing in Hesychius, but the same in …Matched in noteshighshort

α3708Ἅπτεσθαιto touch… the middle-voice headword infinitive occurs. [2] But see e.g. Plato, Ion 535A (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α3860Ἄρρητονaccursed… -- literally prayed against, and so accursed -- is the Ionic dialect version of a)rato/s [the SOL headword for the present entry is wrong in giving it double rho], and hence potentially confusable with …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4186ᾎσμαsong, warp… (which is also differently accented). [2] Two sigmas in the Ionic/koine form a)/ssesqai, corresponding to the Attic a)/ttesqai.Matched in noteshighshort

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

α4645Ἀφραστύεςfolliescf. 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.Matched in noteshighshort

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

γ165Γεωμόριονland-division… to the headword -- Attic gewmori/an rather than the Suda's Ionic gewmori/hn); cf. alpha 2751. On this epigram, in which the farmer Krithon/Crethon dedicates livestock and cakes to Demeter, see Gow and Page (vol. …Matched in noteshighshort

γ310Γλυκεῖαν ᾠδήνsweet songPhrase in the accusative, from Aristophanes, Birds 750 (here Ionicized), via phi 767.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

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