Troy,
Τροία, Ion.
Τροίη, ἡ,
A. Troy,whether of the city,'Troy-town',
Il. 9.46 , etc.; or the country,the Troad,
Τροίην ἐριβώλακα
3.74
, etc.:—alsoΤροί̈αas trisyll., Sapph. Supp. 5.9 , Scol. 17 , 18 , dub. in S. Aj. 1190 (lyr.,v.ad fin.); Dor.
Τρωί̈α
Pi. N. 2.14 , 3.60 , A. Ch. 363 (lyr.); contr.
Τρῴα
Pi. O. 2.81 (cj. Boeckh forΤροίας):—henceΤροίᾱθεν, Ion.
-ηθεν, from Troy,
Od. 3.257 , etc.; ἀπὸ Τροίηθεν
Il. 24.492
; Dor.
Τρωί̈ᾱθεν
Pi. N. 7.41
:—Τροίανδε, Ion.
-ηνδε, to Troy,
Il. 7.390 , etc.; Dor.
Τρῴανδε
Pi. I. 4(3).36(54)
.
II. a game, the Lat.Troja(Verg. A. 5.602 ), Τροίαν ἱππεῦσαι
D.C. 59.7
, cf. 11 . [ Zenod. and Aristarch. scannedΤροίη(Troy) as disyll. everywhere in Hom. , but Aristarch. scanned (and wrote) (πόλιν)Τροί̈ηνas trisyll. in Il. 1.129 , Od. 11.510 , understanding 'a Trojan city (city of the Troad)',v.Sch.
Il. l.c.; cf.Τρώϊος:Τροίη(-ης -ῃ -ην) stands at the beginning of the line in the phrase Τροίῃ ἐν εὐρείῃ
Il. 24.256
, 494 , Od. 1.62 , 4.99 , 5.307 ; in the other 82 occurrences the trisyll. form is admitted by the metre, but should perh. not be restored, as disyll.Τροίη(-ηςetc.) is almost inevitably so placed in a hexam.:—codd. Pi. (in contrast to codd. Hom. ) have Τρωί̈α
N. 4.25
, al., andΤροί̈αib. 2.14 , al. (with either spelling the word may begin with ^ ^), cf. Eust. 65.22 .]
