Acontius and Cydippe

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Ἔρως, -ωτος, ὁ: love; the god of love

Ἀκόντιος -ου, ὁ: Acontius, a young man from Ceos

Κυδίππη -ης, ἡ: Cydippe, a young girl  from Naxos

παρθενικός -ή -όν: of or for a maiden (παρθένος)

αἴθω: to light up, kindle, burn; ᾔθετο, imperf ind mid-pass 3rd sg

πολύκροτος -ον: sly, cunning, wily

ὄφρα: that, in order that, to the end that

ζωή -ῆς, ἡ: life

κουρίδιος -α -ον: wedded, lawful; relating to a bridegroom

ἄναξ ἄνακτος, ὁ: lord, master; epithet of Apollo

Ἰουλίς -ίδος, ἡ: Ioulis, a city on the island of Ceos 5

Νάξος, -ου, ἡ: Naxos, the largest of the Cycladic islands

Κύνθιος -ου, ὁ: Cynthius, an epithet of Apollo who was aid to be born on Mt. Cynthus on Delos

Δῆλος -ου, ἡ: Delos, an island of the Cyclades, the mythological birthplace of Apollo and Artemis 

βουφονίη -ης, ἡ: sacrifice of oxen

γενεή Ion. for γενεά -ᾶς, ἡ: race, stock, family, offspring

Εὐξαντίς -ίδος, η: daughter or descendant of Euxantius

Πρόμηθος -ου, ὁ: Promethus, son of the Athenian king Codrus.  He fled to Naxos after killing his brother.

ἀστήρ -έρος, ὁ: star

ἑδνήστις, ἡ: paid-for-bride, a woman whose suitor pays a bride price for her hand in marriage

κεραός -ά -όν: horned, having horns 10

αἰτέω: ask for (+ acc. of person, and acc. of thing or inf.)

λάσιος -η -ον: hairy, shaggy

Σῑληνός -ου, ὁ: Silenus, companion of Dionysus, father of the Satyrs

νότιος -α -ον: wet, damp, moist, watery

ἱκνέομαι: come

πιδυλίς -ίδος, ἡ: spring, perhaps a spring which flows from a rock

ἠώς ἠοῦς, ἡ: dawn, morning, day

εἴδομαι: appear; look like, resemble (+ dat.)

μάλιον: Ion. for μᾶλλον

ῥέθος -εος, τό: face, countenance

εὕδω: sleep

ἁβρός -ά -όν: graceful, delicate, pretty, luxurious 

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μέλω: (poet.) be a concern to (+ dat. of person); (poet.) take care of, care for (+ gen.); μέμβλετο is Ep. plperf. mid.-pass. 3 sg

εἰσπνήλας -ου, ὁ: a lover

κοῦρος -ου, ὁ: boy, young man

φωλεός -ου, ὁ: den, lair; school

ἠέ: Ep. for ἤ

λοετρόν -οῦ, τό: bath

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ἔραζε: to the ground

οἰνοπότης -ου, ὁ: wine-drinkers

κύλιξ -ικος, ἡ: cup, wine cup

λάταξ -αγος, ἡ: the drops of wine in the bottom of the cup which were thrown into a basin with a splash; lees, dregs

Σικελός -ή -όν: of or from Sicily, a Sicilian

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τόξον -ου, τό: bow

τοξευτής -οῦ, ὁ: bowman, archer

ἄρδις -ιος, ἡ: the point of an arrow

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ἄγραδε: (poet. for ἀγρόνδε) to the country

πάσῃσιν Ep. and Ion. for πάσαις > πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν

προχάνη -ης, ἡ: pretext

φοιτάω: go to and fro, up and down, to stalk

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φλοιός -ου, ὁ: bark

κόπτω κόψω ἔκοψα κέκοφα κέκομμαι: cut, strike, chop, beat

τόσσος -η -ον: Ep. for τόσος: as many; τόσος … ὄσος, as many … as

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λιρός -ά -όν: bold, shameless, lewd

ἐπιτίθημι: lay, put or place upon; add to

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εὐνάζω  -άσω ηὔνᾰσα or εὔνασα: put to bed; (mid., of sexual intercourse) lie with (+ dat.)

τέθμιος -α -ον: (Dor. and Ep. of θέσμιος) fixed, settled, lawful; law, custom

προνύμφιος -ον: pre-nuptial

ὕπνος -ου, ὁ: sleep, slumber

ἰαύω: sleep, pass the night

ἄρσην -ενος, ὁ: male

τᾶλις -ιδος, ἡ: marriageable maiden, bride

ἀμφιθαλής -ές: blooming on both sides (of children who have both parents alive)

ἴσχω: to hold, check, restrain

λαιδρός -ά -όν: bold, impudent

ἀείδω: to sing 5

ὅσιος -α -ον: hallowed, sanctioned, permitted by divine law

ὀνίνημι: profit, benefit, help; (mid.) have profit or advantage; be lucky; ὤναο is imperf ind mid-pass 2nd sg [epic]

κάρτα: (adv.) very, extremely

ἱερός -ά -όν: holy, consecrated; (subst.) sacred objects or rites; the mysteries of Demeter

φρικτός -ή -όν: to be shuddered at, awful, horrible

ἐξερεύγομαι: belch out, disgorge; blurt out

ἱστορία -ας, ἡ: story

πολυϊδρεία -ας, ἡ: much knowledge, wisdom

ἀκαρτέω: not master, not have control of, + gen. (Ion. for ἀκρατέω)

ἐτεός -ά -όν: true, genuine; in truth

μαῦλις -ιδος, ἡ: knife

ἠῷος -α -ον: (adj.) at break of day, of the dawn (dat. ἠῷοι) 10

ἀμύσσω: to scratch, tear, wound, lacerate

δέρκομαι: to see clearly, see

δορίς -ίδος, ἡ: sacrificial knife

δειελινός -ή -όν: at evening

χλόος -η -ον: greenish-yellow color; pallor

νοῦσος: Ep. and Ion. of νόσος, -ου, ἡ

αἴξ αἰγός, ὁ/ἡ: goat

ἀγριάς -άδος: (fem. adj.) wild

ἀποπέμπω: send off

φημίζω: utter, call, name

ψεύδω: lie; (pass.) be deceived or mistaken

ἀνιγρός -ά -όν: grevious

μέχρι: as far as, even to15

τήκω: to melt, melt down; (metaph.) waste away

δόμος -ου , ὁ: house, part of a house

Ἅιδης Ἀίδεω, ὁ: Hades, god of the underworld

στόρνυμι: spread

κλισμίον -ου, τό: a place for lying down, couch; marriage bed (= κλισία -ας, ἡ)

τεταρταῖος -α -ον: on the fourth day, quartan; τ. πυρί, = a quartan fever

μείς μηνός, ὁ: month

κάμνω: work, toil, be hard-pressed, be sick

μνάομαι: be mindful of, turn one's mind to

ὀλοός -ή -όν: destructive, deadly

κρυμός -οῦ, ὁ: icy cold, frost, chill

εἰσοικίζω: bring in as a settler; (mid. and pass.) establish oneself or be established in

Φοῖβος -ου, ὁ: Phoebus (an epithet of Apollo)

ἐννύχιος -α -ον: in the night, by night, nightly 21

αὐδάω: utter sounds, speak

Ἄρτεμις -ιδος, ἡ: Artemis, daughter of Leto and Zeus

γάμος -ου, ὁ: wedding, wedding feast; marriage

ὅρκος -ου, ὁ: oath

ἐνικλάω: break off, frustrate

Λύγδαμις -μεως, ὁ: Lygdamis, king of the Cimmerians; he burned or threatened to burn Artemis' temple at Ephesus when he invaded Ionia and Lydia in the 7th cent. BCE.

τῆμος: then, thereupon

κήδω: trouble, distress, vex

κάσις -ιος, ὁ/ἡ: brother, sister

Ἀμυκλαῖον -ου, τό: the temple of Apollo at Amyclae

θρύον -ου, τό: reed, rush

πλέκω: to plait, twine, twist, weave, braid

θήρη -ης, ἡ: a hunt, the chase (Ion. for θήρα -ας, ἡ)

κλύζω: wash, cleanse 25

λῦμα -ατος, τό: dirt

Παρθένιος -ου, ὁ: Parthenius, a river in Paphlagonia

ἐπίδημος -ον: (adj.) at home

ὄμνυμι: swear; swear to, swear by; swear that (+ inf.)

νυμφίος -ου, ὁ: bridegroom

ἑξέμεναι: Epic future active infinitive of ἔχω

συμφράδμων -ονος, ὁ/ἡ: a counselor

τελευτάω: finish, die, fulfill

ὅρκιον, -ου, τό: an oath

ἄργυρος -ου, ὁ: silver 30

μόλιβος -ου, ὁ: lead

φᾰεινός -ή -όν: shining, radiant

ἤλεκτρον -ου, τό: amber; electrum, an alloy of gold and silver

χρυσός -οῦ, ὁ: gold

Κοδρείδης -ου, ὁ: son or descendant of Codrus

ἄνωθεν: from above, from the beginning, by descent

πενθερός -οῦ, ὁ: father-in-law

αὐτάρ: but, besides, more over

Κεῖος -ου, ὁ: a Cean, a person from Ceos; Acontius

γαμβρός -οῦ, ὁ: any one connected by marriage, son-in-law

ἱερεύς -έως, ὁ: priest, sacrificer, diviner

Ἀρισταῖος -ου, ὁ: Aristaeus, an epithet of both Apollo and Zeus

Ζεύς, gen. Διός or Ζηνός, dat. Διί or Ζηνί, acc. Δία or Ζῆνα: Zeus

Ἰκμίος -ου: Icmian, an epithet of Zeus

μέλω μελήσω ἐμέλησα, Ep. and Lyr. pf. μέμηλα: (3 sing. impers. + dat. + infin.) it is an object of care or thought for x to do y

ἄμβων -ωνος, ὁ: crest

πρηΰνω: make soft, mild, soothe (= πραύνω) 35

Μαῖρα -ας, ἡ: Maera, the Dog-Star, i.e., Sirius in the constellation Canis Major; its rising marked the beginning of summer for the Greeks. It was believed to bring fevers and destroy crops.

ἀνέρχομαι: go up, come up, rise

Ζεύς, gen. Διός or Ζηνός, dat. Διί or Ζηνί, acc. Δία or Ζῆνα: Zeus

ἄημα -ατος, τό: blast, wind

παραί: = παρά

θαμεινός -ή -όν: crowded, frequent, numerous (= θαμινός, -ά, -όν)

πλήσσω: strike with terror; drive

λίνεος -α -ον: of flax or linen

ὄρτυξ -υγος, ὁ: the quail

νεφέλη -ης, ἡ: a cloud, mass of clouds; fine bird-net

ἀνακαλύπτω, aor. ἀνεκάλυψα: uncover; reveal

ἐτεός -ά -όν: true, genuine; (adv.) ἐτῶς, truly

κἦν: καὶ ἦν

σῶς σῶς σῶν: (adj.) safe and sound, alive and well

μετέρχομαι: come or go among 40

ηνιδιην probably = τὴν ἰδίην though the noun it is modifying is uncertain.

Διονυσιάς-άδος: (fem. adj.) of Dionysus, here referring to the island Naxos

χἠ: καὶ ἡ

εὐορκέω: swear truly, take a true oath, keep one's oath by

ἧλιξ -ικος, ὁ/ἡ: companions of the same age

ἀείδω: to sing; impf. ᾖδον

ὑμέναιος -ου, ὁ: wedding or bridal song

ἀναβάλλω: throw up; (mid.) put off, delay

τημοῦτος: then, thereupon (= τῆμος)

μίτρη -ης, ἡ: a belt or girdle (Ep. and Ion. of μίτρα -ας, ἡ) 45

ἅπτω ἅψω ἥψα: fasten; (middle) grasp, touch, take hold of; ἥψαο, aor ind mid 2nd sg [epic]

σφυρόν -οῦ, τό: the ankle

Ἰφίκλειος -α -ον: (adj.) of Iphicles, the son of Phylacus, a famous runner mentioned by Homer and Hesiod

ἐπιτρέχω: run upon

ἄσταχυς -υος, ὁ: ear of wheat

κτεατίζω: to get, gain, win; ἐκτεάτιστο is 3rd singular pluperfect indicative middle

Κελαινίτης -ου, ὁ: from Celaenae, an ancient city in Phrygia

Μίδης -εω, ὁ: Midas, legendary king of Phrygia who was known for his wealth (Ion. of Μίδας, -ου or -α, ὁ)

ψῆφος -ου, ἡ: vote, judgement, opnion

ἐπιμάρτυς -υρος, ὁ: witness (= ἐπιμάρτυρος -ου, ὁ)

νῆις -ιδος: (adj.) unpracticed, ignorant, unknowing

νέομαι: go, come, go back 50

φῦλον -ου, τό: race, tribe, class

περίτιμος -ον: much honored, much revered (= πολύτιμος)

ναιετάω: to dwell

ἵμερος -ου, ὁ: longing, desire, love

κλύω: hear

ἀρχαῖος -α -ον: ancient, old

νῆσος νήσου, ἡ: island 55

μνήμη -ης, ἡ: a remembrance, memory, record

κατατίθημι: place, put or lay down

μυθολόγος -ον: mythological, narrative

ναίω: to dwell, abide

Κωρύκιος -α -ον: Corycian, epithet of the nymphs who lived in a cave on Mt. Parnassus

Παρνησσός -οῦ, ὁ: Mt. Parnassus, a mountain in central Greece near Delphi, sacred to Apollo (Ion. for Παρνασσός)

λίς, ὁ: lion (mostly used in the nominative; Ep. of λέων, -οντος, ὁ)

Ὑδροῦσσα -ας, ἡ: Hydroussa, an ancient name for Ceos

Κυρήνη -ης, ἡ: Cyrene, a Greek city in Libya

Καρύαι -ῶν, αἱ: Caryae, a place in Laconia with a famous temple of Artemis

Ἀλαλάξιος -ου, ὁ: Alalaxios, epithet of Zeus as a war god, also used of Ares 60

σάλπιγξ -ιγγος, ἡ: a war trumpet

ἱερά -ῶν, τά: sacrificial offerings, victims (Ion. ἱρά)

βοή -ῆς, ἡ: loud cry, shout; the sound of musical instruments

Κάρ, gen. Κᾱρός, pl. Κᾶρες: Carian, someone from Caria in Asia Minor

ὁμοῦ: together; (+ dat.) together with, along with

Λέλεγες -ων, οἱ: Leleges, a tribe on the southwest coast of Asia Minor

μεταβάλλω: change, alter

Μελίη -ης, ἡ: Melia, a common name for tree nymphs (Ep. for Μελία -ας, ἡ)

ἶνις, ὁ: son (indecl.)

ὕβρις -εως, ἡ: insolence

κεραύνιος -α -ον: of or by a thunderbolt

γόης -ητος, ὁ: one who howls out enchantments, sorcerer

Τελχίν -ῖνος, ὁ: a Telchine, one of the Telchines; first inhabitants of Crete, first workers of metal 65

μάκαρ, gen. -αρος: (adj.) blessed, happy

ἀλέγω: to trouble oneself, have a care for, pay attention to (+ gen.)

ἠλεός -ή -όν: distraught, crazed; (neuter plural as adv.) foolishly

Δημώναξ -ακτος, ὁ: Demonax, a king of the Telchines

ἐντίθημι: to put in

δέλτος -ου, ἡ: writing tablet

γρηῦς γρηός, ἡ: οld woman (Ion. for γραῦς γρᾱός, ἡ)

Μακελώ -ώνης(?), ἡ: Macelo, prob. Demonax's wife

Δεξιθέη -ης, ἡ: Dexithea (Ep. for Δεξιθέα -ας, ἡ)

ἀνατρέπω: overturn, upset, overthrow, ruin

εἵνεκα: Ep., Ion., and poet. of ἕνεκα

ἀλιτρός -όν: sinful, sinning

ἀσκηθής -ές: unhurt, unharmed, unscathed

τειχίζω: to build 70

Μεγακλῆς -έους, ὁ: Megacles

Κάρθαια -ᾱς, ἡ: Carthaea, a town on Ceos

Χρυσώ -οῦς, ἡ: Chryso

Εὔπυλος -ου, ὁ: Eupylus

ἡμιθέα -ας, ἡ: demi-goddess

εὔκρηνος -ον: well-watered, well-supplied with fountains

πτολίεθρον -ου, τό: town, city, citadel

Ἀκαῖος -ου(?), ὁ: Acaeus (this name is not attested elsewhere)

Ποιῆσσα or Ποιήεσσα -ας, ἡ: Poeessa, a town on Ceos

Χάριτες Χαρίτων, αἱ: the Graces, handmaids of Aphrodite

ἵδρυμα -ατος, τό: establishment, foundation; temple, shrine

εὐπλόκαμος -ον: with beautiful tresses, fair-haired

ἄστυρον -ου, τό: a small town (dim. of ἄστυ)

Ἄφραστος -ου, ὁ: Aphrastus

Κορήσιος or Κορησσός -ου, ἡ: Coresus, the harbor of Iulis

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ἔρως ἔρωτος, ὁ: love

πρέσβυς -εως, ὁ: old man; elder; ambassador

ἐτητυμία -ας, ἡ: truth

μέλω: (poet.) be a concern to (+ dat. of person); (poet.) take care of, care for (+ gen. or dat.)

τρέχω, fut. δραμοῦμαι or θρέξομαι, aor. ἔδραμον or ἔθρεξα: to run; move quickly

Καλλῐόπη -ης, ἡ: Calliope, the beautiful-voiced, name of the Epic Muse; ἡμετέρη Κ. my Muse, i.e., my poetry