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- 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 …
- ν320Νηοφυλακεῖονtemple watch, temple watch-tower… be a late compound of nho/s ("temple", an epic and Ionic form; see LSJ s.v.) and fulakei=on ("watch-tower, watch, posted guard detail"; see LSJ s.v.). The masculine noun naofu/lac (found in Attic tragedy and …
- 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); …
- α4186ᾎσμαsong, warp… (which is also differently accented). [2] Two sigmas in the Ionic/koine form a)/ssesqai, corresponding to the Attic a)/ttesqai.
- μ597Μενεδάϊος ἵπποςsteadfast horse[1] Like delta 101, a faulty version of Greek Anthology 7.208.1-3 (Anyte); here the main error is that 'blood-red' should be nominative and apply to Ares. See tau 38 for a further excerpt from …
- 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 …
- ε1508Ἐν χρῷ παραπλέωνsailing close to skin… usual in Attic, except in this expression; in epic and Ionic forms with the stem xro- occur. See LSJ s.v.
- ε3243ἘσχάραgrillThe headword (for which cf. epsilon 3242, epsilon 3244, epsilon 3245, and indirectly epsilon 3246) is nominative singular feminine in Attic or Koine dialect. The quotation that follows presents the accusative singular epic/Ionic form. …
- ε2432Ἐπίλαμποςrevealed, caught… gloss on Herodotus 3.69.4 (web address 1), where e)pi/lamptos (the Ionic version of e)pi/lhptos) occurs, in the story of the true and false Smerdis: "Now do this, whenever he lies with you and you …
- χ491Χρήμηneed[1] The headword is the Ionic-dialect equivalent of the first of the glosses, i.e. xrei/a in LSJ's sense I. Besides the instance about to be given, see Archilochus fr. 130 West. [2] ps.-Herodotus, On …
- α2203Ἀναισίμουused upIonic 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 …
- κ1703ΚλαρόταιserfsSame or similar entry, deriving from Pausanias the Atticist, in other lexica: see the references at Photius kappa758 Theodoridis. These are four excellent examples of "serfs" (klaro/tai or klarw=tai: literally men working a plot …
- η153Ἠθεῖεhonored sir… is attested in Antimachus of Colophon (alpha 2681). [3] The Ionic/epic feminine h)qei/h occurs in the periphrasis h)qei/h kefalh/ (Homer, Iliad 23.94).
- 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. …
- 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 …
- ε2670Ἐπιτετράφαταιthey are entrusted… authorities (Apollonius, Herodian 3.2.223, Eustathius ad loc.) identify as an Ionic form. The gloss is simply a more common periphrasis for the perfect middle. All attestations of this form outside grammatical and lexicographical writings …
- α1868Ἀναζυγαῖςwithdrawals… 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 …
- ι1Ἴαone; cry… We now switch without warning to the poetic noun i)a/, Ionic i)h/: LSJ entry at web address 2, and cf. iota 219, omicron 949. [3] The source of this second gloss (for i)a/) is …
- 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 …
- ε4073Ἔψονboiling… (of which this could be a neuter present participle) is Ionic for a)fe/yw. [2] The form e)/yion seems to be imperfect (third person plural or first person singular) of yi/w, variant of yi/zw; cf. …
- ι588ἹππώναξHipponax… mostly in choliambic meter (cf. chi 402, chi 424) and Ionic dialect with some words borrowed from Lydian or Phrygian. Topics come from private life: his poverty, his amatory escapades, and especially his enmities. …
- ε972Ἐμμέλειαemmeleia, harmony… 3159. [1] From a gloss on Herodotus 6.129.2, where the Ionic accusative e)mmelei/hn occurs in the famous story of Hippokleides squandering his chance to marry the daughter of Kleisthenes of Sikyon (omicron 978). See …
- ε381Ἐκγεγάμενto have been born from… prosaic forms of this perfect-tense infinitive, also between Doric and Ionic; in addition to subtracting the preform e)k- from this form. [2] Hypothetical formations: see Philoxenos of Alexandria at phi 394. [3] For gega/men …
- α2772Ἀνοίγειopens… 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 …
- α1912Ἀνακωχεύειrefrains… 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 …
- α2688Ἀντίξοονadverse… 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 …