Τροία
troia
Troy
Appears 74 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
Τροία, Ion. Τροίη, ἡ, A. Troy, whether of the city, ‘Troy-town’, Il. 9.46, etc.; or the country, the Troad, Τροίην ἐριβώλακα 3.74, etc.:—also Τροΐα as trisyll., Supp. 5.9, Scol. 17,18, dub. in Aj. 1190 (lyr., v. ad fin.); Dor. Τρωΐα N. 2.14, 3.60, Ch. 363 (lyr.); contr. Τρῴα O. 2.81 (cj. Boeckh for Τροίας):—hence Τροίᾱθεν, Ion. -ηθεν, from Troy, Od. 3.257, etc.; ἀπὸ Τροίηθεν Il. 24.492; Dor. Τρωΐᾱθεν N. 7.41:—Τροίανδε, Ion. -ηνδε, to Troy, Il. 7.390, etc.; Dor. Τρῴανδε I. 4(3).36(54). II. a game, the Lat. Troia (Verg.A. 5.602), Τροίαν ἱππεῦσαι 59.7, cf. 11. [ and scanned Τροίη (Troy) as disyll. everywhere in , but scanned (and wrote) (πόλιν) Τροΐην as trisyll. in Il. 1.129, Od. 11.510, understanding ‘a Trojan city (city of the Troad)ʼ, v. Sch. Il. l.c.; cf. Τρώϊος: Τροίη (-ης -ῃ -ην) stands at the beginning of the line in the phrase Τροίῃ ἐν εὐρείῃ Il. 24.256,494, Od. 1.62, 4.99, 5.307; in the other 82 occurrences the trisyll. form is admitted by the metre, but should perh. not be restored, as disyll. Τροίη (-ης etc.) is almost inevitably so placed in a hexam.:—codd. (in contrast to codd.) have Τρωΐα N. 4.25, al., and Τροΐα ib.2.14, al. (with either spelling the word may begin with ⏑⏑), cf. 65.22.]
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