λίαν
lian
very, exceedingly
Appears 165 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λίαν [v. fin.], Ion. and Ep. λίην, Adv. A. very, exceedingly, in 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 , 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 , ἀσχάλα μὴ λίην 66.7, cf. 6; λίην δὲ δειλιάζεις ap. p.409 H.; λ. πιστεύειν to believe implicitly, 4.96; μὴ κάμνε λ. P. 1.90; μὴ λ. στένε El. 1172, cf. Med. 158 (lyr.); ἀσπάζου αὐτὴν λ. POxy. 936.13 (iii A.D.); καὶ λ. σαφῶς Eq. 1231; λ. ἀσελγῶς 24.15; λ. πόρρω Prt. 310c; ἐντὸς λ. τῶν τειχῶν 7.5: with other words of like sense, πολὺ λ. 9.48; λ. πάνυ 184.2 (dub.), cf. 972.46; κόμπος λ. εἰρημένος, opp. πεπλασμένος (compare our very and verily), Pr. 1031:—in Trag.and Com.freq.betw.Art.and Noun, ἡ λ. φιλότης βροτῶν his too great love . . , Pr. 123 (anap.); τὸ λ. ποτόν 187; ἡ λ. τρυφή 587; τὰ λ. μειράκια Theopomp. Com.29; αἱ πρὸς τυράννους λίαν ὁμιλίαι 6.21; τὸ λ. excess, violence, Andr. 866, Cra. 415c. [ has ῐ nine times, ῑ thirty-two times; the latter is found both in arsi and in thesi. In later Ep.and Trag. both quantities are found: ᾱ always.]
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