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674
Ἐκτὸς ἰόντας
going outside
[Meaning them] exiting.
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short
α
104
Ἄβυσσον
abyss
… that which not even a deep [buqo/s] can contain; but
Ionians
pronounce buqo/s as busso/s. From which also bussodomeu/ein ["to build in the deep"] appears to be said, from the verb du/nw ["I sink"] …
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α
176
Ἄγαυρος
wastrel
A dandy; but some [say] a good-for-nothing; [used] by
Ionians
[to mean] a pauper, but by Attic writers [to mean] a fop.
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α
194
Ἀγγελιαφόρος
message-bearer
… alphabetical order there). The headword is used -- in the
Ionic-dialect
version a)ggelihf- -- of Persian officials by Herodotus 1.120.2 (web address 1) and, in a grander sense, 3.118.2 (web address 2); it is …
Matched in notes
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short
ε
428
Ἐκεῖνος
that
… "there" and the suffix -enos. The variant form (used in
Ionic)
kei=nos (cf. Doric and Aeolic kh=nos) is usually classified as pertaining to poetry, but there is not a definite polarization opposing the poetic …
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short
δ
1029
Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοι
dithyramb-directors
… up compound words and said endiaeriaierinechetous; such a man was
Ion
of Chios, the poet. He wrote a poem that began, "dawn star roaming the air, [crescent moon, white-winged precursor of the sun]." In …
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medium
α
213
Ἀγηγέρατο
they had gathered
… the third [person] h)/gertai and the third [person] plural in
Ionic
dialect a)ghge/ratai; then the pluperfect h)ge/rmhn, the third [person] h)/gerto and a)gh/gerto, and the third [person] plural in
Ionic
dialect a)ghge/rato.
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short
α
4382
Ἀτρέα
Atreus
… they contract: [such as] *Xoa= and *Mhlia= and *Sounia=. But
Ionic
[writers] contract the former, saying *)Atre/a and *phle/a short; therefore [it is] not necessary to lengthen [the syllables] in tragedies, unless the meter …
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medium
α
3799
Ἀργυροῦν
of silver and of gold
[*)argu/reon "of silver"] and xru/seon ["of gold"] [are]
Ionic
[words], but xru/seion ["golden"] [is] a possessive adjective. Thucydides [in book] one [writes]: "he had the use of the golden mines". Just as he says …
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high
short
δ
1229
Διώκειν
to prosecute, to pursue
… many places, since some of them sailed away towards the
Ionian
sea, others elsewhere".
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high
short
ε
1016
Ἔμπης
nevertheless
Ionic.
But e)/mpas and e)/mpa [are] Attic. Sophocles [writes]: "the wretched man [I pity] nevertheless, despite his being hostile [toward me]."
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short
ε
1174
Ἐνδιαεριανερινηχέτους
endiaerianerinêchetous
… of] compound words of dithyrambic poets; such as the poet
Ion
of Chios. See also under "dithyramb-directors."
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short
α
3155
Ἀπηλιώτης
Apeliotes; sun's wind
… alpha 2646, and again epsilon 2173. [1] Apeliotes is the
Ionic
form, used also in Attic, but Apheliotes occurs later in Attic (LSJ s.v.: web address 1). Other
Ionic
dialects lost the initial "h" …
Matched in notes
high
short
α
3159
Ἀπήμαρτεν
missed
Epic forms are a)ph/mbrote (Aeolic) and a)fa/marten
(Ionic,
without augment). (The form given here is anomalous, since it shows Aeolic initial psilosis with an
Ionic
treatment of the original vocalic r; it is attested …
Matched in notes
high
short
αι
164
Αἴ κέν πως
if somehow
*ai) is Doric, Aeolic, and epic for Attic-Ionic ei) "if" (web address 1 below); ke or ken is the Aeolic and epic equivalent of the Attic-Ionic particle a)/n (web address 2 below). See the …
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short
αι
166
Αἴ κε ποθί
if anywhere
Likewise in other lexica. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.128, where the headword phrase occurs. ai) (see already alphaiota 164, alphaiota 165) is Doric, Aeolic, and epic for Attic-Ionic ei), "if" (see web …
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short
β
270
Βίαντος Πριηνέως δίκη
Bias of Priene's justice
Bias was a famous judge in the
Ionian
city of Priene, c.570 BCE. See the detailed account in Diogenes Laertius 1.82-88 and more briefly Strabo 14.1.12. The point of the quotation from Hipponax (an …
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short
χ
470
Χρείω
I proclaim
… xra/w (which we would do better to call *xrh/w). In
Ionic
the eta became shorter and more closed before an o-vowel (cf. the participle xre/wsa). Epic meter required a long vowel, so it was …
Matched in notes
high
short
α
398
Ἀγχιβατεῖν
to wrangle
The [verb that]
Ionians
[use for] 'to dispute'. And Heraclitus [sc. has the related noun] 'wrangling'.
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short
α
731
Ἀθήναιος
Athenaios, Athenaeus
… divided it among those who came to the festival. And
Ion
of Chios, when he won a victory in the tragic competition at Athens, gave every Athenian a jar of Chian [sc. wine]. And …
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medium
α
1149
Ἄλευε
keep away from
Ionians
say "avoid" this way. And [there is] a saying: "keep away from a bigger man."
Matched in translation
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short
α
1497
Ἁμαρτίαν
sin, missing the mark
The Attic Greeks [say] a(marti/a, Herodotus and other
Ionians
[say] a(marta/s.
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short
α
1736
Ἀμφικτυόνες
Amphiktyons, Amphictyons
… he, as king, who convened the peoples. They were twelve:
Ionians,
Dorians, Perrhaiboi, Boiotians, Magnesians, Achaians, Phthiotians, Molians, Dolopes, Aenianians, Delphians, Phocians. But some say it is thus called from being neighbors to and …
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medium
α
1762
Ἀμφισβατεῖν
to dispute
Some [spell this] a)mfisbhtei=n, but
Ionians
also [have] a)gxibatei=n ["to wrangle"]. And Heraclitus [has the related noun] a)gxibasi/h ["wrangling"].
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short
α
1916
Ἀνακρέων
Anakreon, Anacreon
… Parthenios', others Aristokritos'. He wrote elegies and iambics, all in
Ionic
dialect. He was born in the time of Polykrates the tyrant of Samos in the 52nd Olympiad, though some assign him to the …
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medium
α
2494
Ἀνθέων
of flowers, of blossoms, of blooms
… [Greeks] [form] the genitive in the same way as the
Ionians.
Hermippus in Daughters of Athena [writes]: "a waxy new robe of ripe blossoms". And later on: "brushing delicate robes full of flowers". And …
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short
α
2892
Ἅπαν
entire, whole
The
Ionians
pronounce [sc. the second syllable] short and so does the Poet: "the entire plain was full of them." And the Attic [writers] lengthen the latter [syllable]. And para/pan likewise, and all words …
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short
α
3422
Ἀπολλώνιος
Apollonius [Dyscolus], Apollonios [Duskolos]
… Paronyms (1 book); On Comparatives; and On Dialects - Doric,
Ionic,
Aeolic, Attic; On Homeric Figures; On Fabricated History; On Modifications of Forms; On Necessary Accents (2 books); On Skewed Accents (1 book); On …
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medium
α
3641
Ἀποφώλιοι
ciphers, idlers, monsters
… word]. Or uneducated men. For fwleoi/ [are] schoolhouses, as the
Ionians
say.
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short
α
4078
Ἀρχαιρεσία
magistrate-election
… choice in respect of officials. Also [sc. attested is the
Ionic
form] a)rxairesi/h, [meaning] to live by the favour of the masses, or to make voluntary contributions of money. Herodotus [sc. uses the word].
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