λίαν [see. near the end],
Ionic dialect and
Epic dialect λίην,
adverb very, exceedingly, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] with an
adverb, λ. ἑκάς [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: with an
adjective, λ. μέγα εἶπες [
Refs]: alone with a Verb,
very much, overmuch, κεχολώατο λ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὔ τι λ. ποθὴ ἔσσεται not
exceedingly,[
Refs 8th c.BC+], which always begins the sentence or verse,
surely, aye surely, καὶ λ. κεῖνός γε ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II) after [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. πιστεύειν to believe
implicitly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ λ. σαφῶς [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with other words of [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόμπος λ. εἰρημένος, opposed to πεπλασμένος (compare our
very and
verily), [
Refs 4th c.BC+] —in Trag.and Comedy texts frequently between _Article_ and Noun, ἡ λ. φιλότης βροτῶν his
too great love, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ λ. μειράκια Theopomp.[
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ λ.
excess, violence, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] has ῐ nine times, ῑ thirty-two times; the latter is found both in arsi and in thesi. In later
Epic dialect and Trag. both quantities are found: ᾱ always.]