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- ε3537Εὐκλεέςglorious= Synagoge epsilon952 (where the gloss is peri/docon in some manuscripts; cf. Lexica Segueriana 240.23); and see also Photius, Lexicon epsilon2225 (where the headword appears without a gloss). From the scholia to Homer, Iliad …
- ι155Ἱέραξhawk, falcon… proper name see iota 156. [1] According to LSJ, i(e/rac (Ionic and epic i)/rhc) is the generic term, ki/rkos the specific. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychos (alpha 4251). Both of …
- 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 …
- λ813Λυκορραίστηςwolf-worrier… Page read (vol. II, 414) lukorrai/stas, instead of the Suda's Ionic form here.
- ε3255ἘσχατόωσανterminatingThe headword and the glossing phrase are feminine singular accusative (the headword being a present active participle, in uncontracted epic/Ionic form, of e)sxato/w). As Adler notes, the entry is probably derived from the scholia …
- η78ἬδεεknewAn entry taken from Hesychius eta105. The Lexicon Ambrosianum (Ambrosianus B12 sup. fol. 77r and Laurentianus 59.16 fol. 187r) has: h)/dei: h)pi/stato. cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.832; and see also eta 82 (and …
- 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] …
- α221Ἀγηνορίηarrogance, prideSame 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 …
- κ1420Κέρσειwill cropThe future of kei/rw -- ke/rsw -- is unattested, but was made up by grammarians, as an "Aeolic" form, to explain the aorist e)/kersa; see e.g. Choeroboscus, Prolegomena et scholia in Theodosii Alexandrini canones …
- η4ἮI was… address 2), with scholion. [3] e)/a ("I was") is an Ionic form, used for example by Herodotus.
- 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 …
- ε2514Ἐπιπλέαquite full… address 1). In the quotation the word appears in the Ionic accusative singular feminine form, whereas the headword is either neuter nominative/accusative plural or feminine nominative singular in the Attic or koine dialects. It …
- κ1772Κληῗδαbolt, barOld Attic/Ionic form of the accusative of klei/s (kappa 1755). The entry is the second half of one in Photius (Lexicon kappa762 Theodoridis), where the primary lemma is the infinitive klh=isai (should be klhi=+sai). …
- ε3216Ἑστιατορεῖονfeasting-hall… in grammarians. For the -o/rion form see e.g. Herodotus 4.35.4 (Ionic), Pausanias 5.15.12. [1] Strictly speaking a trape/zion should be a "little table" (diminutive of tra/peza, tau 906), but in late Greek the distinction …
- κ1938ΚόλληglueThe headword noun ko/llh (nominative case) is an Ionicism for the normal ko/lla. It occurs in Galen, In Hippocratis librum de fracturis commentarii Vol 18b p. 398 Kühn. The adjective used to gloss it …
- ει197Εἴριαlocks… lambda 620, and nu 36. [3] Attic e)/rion, epic and Ionic ei)/rion, indicating an original *e)/rvion: see LSJ s.v.
- κ2674Κυλοιδιόωνpuffy-eyedcf. already kappa 2545. [1] = Synagoge, with the exception that the latter displays the Attic/Koine contracted form of the headword kuloidiw=n, instead of the epic/Ionic kuloidio/wn found here. (Compare also Photius, Lexicon kappa1194 …
- α347Ἀγρεσίαhunting… 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 …
- ι123Ἴδμενwe know… to define the term here) by analogy with oi)=da in Ionic and later koine. Smyth, Sections 794-799 (web address 1). See also iota 611, iota 612, iota 615, iota 637, iota 646, iota 680, …
- ι646Ἴσμενwe know… to define the term here) by analogy with oi)=da in Ionic and later koine. Smyth, Sections 794-799 (web address 1). See also iota 611, iota 612, iota 615, iota 637, iota 680, iota 681, …
- κ1214Κέαταιthey lie, they lie down… Etymologicum Gudianum (p. 309) discusses this form, calling it an Ionic present tense (there are further instances in Herodotus). The alpha comes from a dialectal treatment of vocalic n; see Smyth §791D (web address …
- ε33Ἐβούλετο[he/she] wished… v.l.in Th. 2.2, 6.79, h)bou/lou Hyp.Lyc.11; [....] said to be Ionic in An.Ox.2.374." [1] Adler allowed herself a rare textual emendation here, substituting this h)bou/leto for the transmitted, illogical e)bou/leto.
- β477Βουχανδήςox-holding… note that the received names, the Doric *)Eriaspi/das and the Ionic *Kleu/botos, do not appear to occur elsewhere (ibid.).
- λ317ΛευκάςLeukas, Leucas, Levkas… grids B2-D3). Leukas is a large island/peninsula extending into the Ionian Sea from the west coast of Epeiros (Barrington Atlas map 54 grid C4).
- λ227ΛεαίνωI smoothMss AFV, Adler reports, contain only the two participles, not the primary headword leai/nw or "with an accusative." See also lambda 211, lambda 355. The verb is also listed as taking the accusative in …
- 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. …
- μ1156ΜνημήϊαmonumentsThe headword is neuter nominative/accusative plural of mnhmh/i+on, Ionic for mnhmei=on. Same entry in Photius (mu485 Theodoridis) and other lexica, and similarly in various tragedic scholia. The singular occurs (e.g.) twice in Herodotus; the …
- η630Ἥττωνless (than)… an Attic comparative form; in the quotation which follows, the Ionic/koine form h(/sswn appears. [2] Aelian fr. 42a Domingo-Forasté (39 Hercher), quoted more fully at epsilon 2405.
- 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', …
- ε740ἙλλανοδίκαιHellanodikai, Greek judges[1] See also epsilon 741. The headword is a Doric form, used also in Attic; the Attic-Ionic dialect form is e(llhnodi/kai, and the Elean is e(llanozi/kai. See LSJ s.v. [2] Eunapius fr.79 FHG (4.49); …