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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, …
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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.)
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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', …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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1203
Ἀλία
throng
… 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).
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1221
Ἁλίη
marine
Epic/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).
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α
1237
Ἅλιος
marine
Same 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 …
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1288
Ἀλκίφρων
Alkiphron, Alciphron
… C2 or C3 CE (see OCD(4) s.v. Alciphron). [1] In
Ionia,
near Ephesus; the qualifier differentiates it from its several homonyms.
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1448
Ἀλφειός
Alpheios, 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 …
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1592
Ἀμιθρῆσαι
to calculate
The 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=.
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α
1619
Ἀμόθεν
from 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.
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1757
Ἀμφίπυρον
aflame, flaming
… 1); cf. for the headword Sophocles, Trachiniae 214, and Euripides,
Ion
212.
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1868
Ἀναζυγαῖς
withdrawals
… 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 …
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1912
Ἀνακωχεύει
refrains
… 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 …
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2058
Ἀναρρύει
draws 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] …
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2203
Ἀναισίμου
used up
Ionic
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 …
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2373
Ἀνειλήθυιαν
having never given birth
… LSJ s.v. a)neilei/quia [sic], and cf. epsiloniota 108. [1] Euripides,
Ion
453 (web address 1).
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2419
Ἀνηνείκαντο
they called to mind
Besides 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' …
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2464
Ἀνιηρέστερος
more grievous, rather grievous
Metrically convenient irregular comparative of a)nihro/s
(Ionic
for a)niaro/s). Homer, Odyssey 2.190 (see web address 1), with scholion.
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α
2688
Ἀντίξοον
adverse
… 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 …
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2772
Ἀνοίγει
opens
… 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 …
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2805
Ἀξιαπηγητότατα
(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.
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2823
Ἀξιόχρεων
worthwhile
… omicron for omega, a)cio/xreon for a)cio/xrewn, is proper to the
Ionic
dialect.
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3138
Ἄπεισιν
goes 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.
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3208
Ἄπιμεν
we 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.
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3220
Ἁ πίτυς
the pine-tree
Entry 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 …
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3231
Ἄπλητον
unapproachable, terrible
The 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 …
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