rite by which ghosts were called up and questioned νέκυια,ἡ, (νέκυς) a magical A. rite by which ghosts were called up and questionedabout the future, Plu. 2.17b (pl.); νεκυίᾳ χρήσασθαι Hdn. 4.12.4
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rite by which ghosts were called up and questioned νέκυια,ἡ, (νέκυς) a magical A. rite by which ghosts were called up and questionedabout the future, Plu. 2.17b (pl.); νεκυίᾳ χρήσασθαι Hdn. 4.12.4
safe and sound, alive and well σῶς(A),ὁ,ἡ , σῶν,τό , defect.Adj.of which the foll. forms occur: Att. and later Gr. nom.σῶς, σῶν, Th. 8.81 , D. 21.126 ; acc. A. σῶν Th. 3.34 , D. 20.142 ; nom. pl.σ
λαγχάνω , fut. λήξομαι Pl. R. 617e ; Ion. λάξομαι (cf. λάξις ) Hdt. 7.144 : aor. ἔλᾰχον Il. 9.367 , etc.; Ep. ἔλλαχον h.Cer. 87 , v.l. for ἔλλαβεν in Theoc. 25.271 ; Ep. λάχον Il. 4.49 , al.; Aeol. op
sum πάρειμι(εἰμί A. sum),inf.-εῖναι, Ep. 3 pl. παρέᾱσι Il. 5.192 , Od. 13.247 ; Ion. subj. παρέω Hdt. 4.98 ; Ep. inf. παρέμμεναι Od. 4.640 ,part. παρεών Il. 24.475 : Ep. impf. παρέην
to do/make: do ποιέω, Doric dialect ποιϝέω [[ “IG” 4.800 (from Troezen)] Refs], etc.: Epic dialect imperfect ποίεον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.147 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; contraction πο
to do/make: make ποιέω, Doric dialect ποιϝέω [[ “IG” 4.800 (from Troezen)] Refs], etc.: Epic dialect imperfect ποίεον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.147 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; contraction
to do/make: appoint ποιέω, Doric dialect ποιϝέω [[ “IG” 4.800 (from Troezen)] Refs], etc.: Epic dialect imperfect ποίεον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.147 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; contracti
to do/make: spend(TIME) ποιέω, Doric dialect ποιϝέω [[ “IG” 4.800 (from Troezen)] Refs], etc.: Epic dialect imperfect ποίεον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.147 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; contr
cassia κᾰσία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, cassia, Cinnamomum iners, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 20c. 2, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86, 3.110, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophr
form ἰδέα [ῐ], Ion. ἰδέη,ἡ, (ἰδεῖν) A. form, ἰδέᾳ καλός Pi. O. 10(11).103 , cf. Theoc. 29.6 ; τὴν ἰ. πάνυ καλός Pl. Prt. 315e ; τὴν ἰ. μοχθηρός And. 1.100 , cf. Ar. Av. 1000 ; ἰδέην ὁρέων Hdt
γελάω , Ep. γελόω Od. 21.105 , Aeol. γέλαιμι Hdn.Gr. 2.463 , al.; Ep. part. γελόωντες Od. 18.40 , γελώοντες, -ώωντες , or -οίωντες ib. 111 , cf. 20.390 ; Ep. impf. γελώων or -οίων 20.347 ; Dor. part.
rib, πλευρ-ά,ᾶς,ἡ, A. = πλευρόν ,rib,rare in sg., βοὸς π. Hdt. 4.64 ; παρὰ τὴν π. ἑκάστην Arist. HA 513b29 : pl.,ribs, Id. PA 654b35 . 2. pl., generally,sideof a man or animal, ἄλλοτ' ἐπὶ πλευ
example ὑποτύπ-ωσις [ῠ], εως, ἡ, sketch, outline, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.5.18, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.12, Anonymus Lond.7.17, 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “προγυμνάσματα” 6, 2nd
insulting treatment, abuse, ἐπήρεια,ἡ, (ἐπί, ἄρος) A. insulting treatment, abuse, ἐχθροῦ D. 18.12 , cf. Is. 4.5 , etc.; περὶ τὸν χορόν D. 21.25 ;κελεύειν κατ' ἐπήρειανorderhaughtilyorby way of i
name, appellation κληδών, όνος, ἡ, Epic dialect κλεηδών and κληηδών, (κλέω A) omen, presage contained in a chance utterance, χαῖρεν δὲ κλεηδόνι δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odys
road, path κέλευθος,ἡ, with poet.heterocl.pl.κέλευθα; poet. Noun (also Arc.,IG 5(2).3.23 (Tegea,iv B.C.)), A. road, path, not common in lit. sense, πολλαὶ γὰρ ἀνὰ στρατόν εἰσι κέλευθοι Il. 10.66 ;
made, ποι-ητός,ή,όν, A. made,freq. in Hom. , esp. of houses and arms, always in the sense ofεὖ ποιητός, well made, δόμοις ἔνι ποιητοῖσι Il. 5.198 , Od. 13.306 ; ποιητὰς . . πύλας Il. 12.470 ; al
business of government, act of administration, πολῑ́τ-ευμα,ατος,τό, A. business of government, act of administration, D. 18.108 , 136 : more freq. in pl.,measures of governmentorinstitutions, Pl. L
bear ὑπερφέρω, A. bearorcarry over, ὑ. τὸν ἰσθμὸν τὰς ναῦς Th. 3.81 , cf. 15 , 87 :— Pass. , [ νῆες] ὑπερενεχθεῖσαι τὸν ἰσθμόν Id. 4.8 ; ὑπερενεχθῆναι τὰς δίνας D.H. 3.56 ;νυκτὸς ὑπερφέρεσθαι(
doing, transaction, business, πρᾶξις,εως, Ep. and Ion. πρῆξις,ιος , ἡ: (πράσσω):— A. doing, transaction, business,[ πλεῖν] κατὰ πρῆξιν on a trading voyage, Od. 3.72 ; ἐπὶ πρῆξιν ἔπλεον h.Ap. 397
wanton violence, ὕβρις [ῠby nature,ῡby position in Ep. etc.],ἡ, gen.εως Ar. Lys. 425 , Th. 465 (lyr.),εος Id. Pl. 1044 , Eub. 67.9 , Ep. and Ion. ιος Hes. Op. 217 , Hdt. 1.189 :— A. wanton violen
old πᾰλαιός, ά, όν, Aeolic dialect πάλαος [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 28.33, “epigram Gr.” 992 (from Balbilla)] Refs]; Boeotian dialect παληός [[ “Etymologicum Magnum” 32.6 ]
hold in check, hinder ἰσχάνω [ᾰ], Ep. lengthd. form ofἴσχω(v. foreg.), A. hold in check, hinder, δέος ἰσχάνει ἄνδρας Il. 14.387 ; Αἴαντ' ἰσχανέτην ὥς τε πρὼν ἰσχάνει ὕδωρ 17.747 ; τὸν δ' οὐκ ἴσχα
afflux, influx ἐπιρροή,ἡ , ̔ἐπιρρέω) A. afflux, influx, κακαῖς ἐ. ὕδωρ μιαίνων A. Eu. 694 ; ἐπιρροαῖσιν αἱμάτων Id. Ag. 1510 (lyr.); δακρύων ἐπιρροαί E. Fr. 573 ;ἐ. αἵματος determinationof bloo