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comedy6
gender and sexuality5

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α4382ἈτρέαAtreus… 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 …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3799Ἀργυροῦνof 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 …Matched in translationhighshort
ε1016ἜμπηςneverthelessIonic. 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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[*)Atre/a] and generally those accusatives from [nouns] ending in the combination -eus they draw out, but those which have the eu preceded by a vowel they contract: [such as] *Xoa= and *Mhlia= and *Sounia=. But Ionic…

Ἀτρέα καὶ καθόλου τὰς ἀπὸ τῶν εἰς ευς συμφώνῳ παραληγομένων αἰτιατικὰς μηκύνουσι, τὰς δὲ καθαρὰς τοῦ ευ συναιροῦσι· Χοᾶ καὶ Μηλιᾶ καὶ Σουνιᾶ. Ἴωνες δὲ συστέλλουσι τὰς προτέρας,…

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α1149Ἄλευεkeep away fromIonians say "avoid" this way. And [there is] a saying: "keep away from a bigger man."Matched in translationhighshort

α1497Ἁμαρτίανsin, missing the markThe Attic Greeks [say] a(marti/a, Herodotus and other Ionians [say] a(marta/s.Matched in translationhighshort

α1736ἈμφικτυόνεςAmphiktyons, 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 …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1762Ἀμφισβατεῖνto disputeSome [spell this] a)mfisbhtei=n, but Ionians also [have] a)gxibatei=n ["to wrangle"]. And Heraclitus [has the related noun] a)gxibasi/h ["wrangling"].Matched in translationhighshort

α2494Ἀνθέωνof 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 …Matched in translationhighshort

α2892Ἅπανentire, wholeThe 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 …Matched in translationhighshort

α3641Ἀποφώλιοιciphers, idlers, monsters… word]. Or uneducated men. For fwleoi/ [are] schoolhouses, as the Ionians say.Matched in translationhighshort

α4078Ἀρχαιρεσίαmagistrate-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].Matched in translationhighshort

α4584ἈφέωκαI have sent away… Attic [form is] a)fei=ka. But it is also used by Ionians, like Herodotus.Matched in translationhighshort

δ264ΔέροςskinNominatives like these are either Ionic or Doric: de/ros ["skin"], kw=os ["cave"]. For from this de/ras and kw=as are made.Matched in translationhighshort

α556Ἀερέθονταιthey drive on… 3.108, where -- as regularly elsewhere -- the form is Ionic h)ere/qontai; cf. under pi 2605.Matched in noteshighshort

α580ἈζαλέηparchedSame 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, …Matched in noteshighshort

α589Ἀζηλόενgloomy… 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.)Matched in noteshighshort

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', …Matched in noteshighshort

α681ἌϊενbreathedOne 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α729ἈθηναίαςAthenaiai, 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α875ἈκιδαλίαAkidalia, 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α1203Ἀλίαthrong… 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).Matched in noteshighshort

α1221ἉλίηmarineEpic/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).Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α1288ἈλκίφρωνAlkiphron, Alciphron… C2 or C3 CE (see OCD(4) s.v. Alciphron). [1] In Ionia, near Ephesus; the qualifier differentiates it from its several homonyms.Matched in noteshighshort

α1448ἈλφειόςAlpheios, 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1592Ἀμιθρῆσαιto calculateThe 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=.Matched in noteshighshort

α1757Ἀμφίπυρονaflame, flaming… 1); cf. for the headword Sophocles, Trachiniae 214, and Euripides, Ion 212.Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α2058Ἀναρρύειdraws 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] …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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