λίαν

λίαν [v. fin.], [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. [full] λίην, Adv.

A very, exceedingly, in Hom. with an Adv.,

λ. ἑκάς Od.14.496

;

λ. ἀεικελίως 8.231

: with an Adj.,

λ. μέγα εἶπες 3.227

, 16.243;

νήπιος λ. τόσον 4.371

, cf. 13.238;

λ. λυπρός 13.243

; λ. ἐνθύμιος ib.421: alone with a Verb, very much, overmuch,

κεχολώατο λ. 14.282

;

λ. ἄχθομαι ἕλκος Il.5.361

; οὔ τι λ. ποθὴ ἔσσεται not exceedingly, 14.368;

μή τι λ. προκαλίζεο Od.18.20

, cf. Il.6.486; also, in Hom., καὶ λίην, which always begins the sentence or verse, surely, aye surely,

καὶ λ. κεῖνός γε ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ Od.1.46

, cf. 3.203, Il.1.553, al.

II after Hom.,

ἀσχάλα μὴ λίην Archil.66.7

, cf. Sol.6;

λίην δὲ δειλιάζεις Anacr.

ap. Ptol.Ascal. p.409 H.; λ. πιστεύειν to believe implicitly, Hdt.4.96;

μὴ κάμνε λ. Pi. P.1.90

;

μὴ λ. στένε S.El.1172

, cf. E.Med.158 (lyr.);

ἀσπάζου αὐτὴν λ. POxy.936.13

(iii A.D.);

καὶ λ. σαφῶς Ar.Eq.1231

;

λ. ἀσελγῶς Lys. 24.15

;

λ. πόρρω Pl.Prt.310c

;

ἐντὸς λ. τῶν τειχῶν Th.7.5

: with other words of like sense,

πολὺ λ. Isoc.9.48

;

λ. πάνυ Antiph.184.2

(dub.), cf. Eust.972.46; κόμπος λ. εἰρημένος, opp. πεπλασμένος (compare our very and verily), A.Pr.1031:—in Trag.and Com.freq.betw.Art.and Noun, ἡ λ. φιλότης βροτῶν his too great love . . , A.Pr.123 (anap.);

τὸ λ. ποτόν Cratin.187

;

ἡ λ. τρυφή Men.587

; τὰ λ. μειράκια Theopomp. Com.29;

αἱ πρὸς τυράννους λίαν ὁμιλίαι D.6.21

; τὸ λ. excess, violence, E.Andr.866, Pl.Cra.415c. [Hom. has [pron. full] ῐ nine times, [pron. full] ῑ thirty-two times; the latter is found both in arsi and in thesi. In later [dialect] Ep.and Trag. both quantities are found: [pron. full] ᾱ always.]