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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>ἐλάχεια, ἐλαχύ<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ᾰ]<\/font> petit, court, HH. <i>Ap. 197 ;<\/i> NIC. <i>Th. 324 ;<\/i> OPP. <i>C. 3, 480 ;<\/i> NONN. <i>D. 37, 314<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>•<i> Cp<\/i>. ἐλάσσων, <i>sup<\/i>. ἐλάχιστος, <i>v. ces mots<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Fém<\/i>. ἐλάχεια (<i>non<\/i> ἐλαχεῖα) ARC. <i>p. 95, 23 ;<\/i> THÉOGN. <i>Can. p. 99, 14<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>indo-europ<\/i>. *h₁lng<sup>wh<\/sup>-u-, léger, rapide ; <i>cf. lat<\/i>. lĕvis, <i>sscr<\/i>. laghú, raghú ; <i>apparenté à<\/i> ἐλαφρός.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "ἐλάχεια (not -εῖα, Hdn. <i>Gr.<\/i> 1.249), ἐλαχύ, <b>small, short, mean, little<\/b>; old Ep. Positive, whence ἐλάσσων, ἐλάχιστος are formed; in early Ep. only fem., <i>h.Ap.<\/i> 197, <font color='brown'>v.l.<\/font> in <i>Od.<\/i> 9.116, 10.509 (v. λάχεια); in later Ep., Archyt. Amphiss. 2, Euph. 11, Nic. <i>Th.<\/i> 324, Opp. <i>C.<\/i> 3.480, Nonn. <i>D.<\/i> 37.314; neut. ἐλαχὺ σκάφος <i>AP<\/i> 7.498 (Antip.). (<i>leg<sup>u<\/sup>h-<\/i> or <i>leng<sup>u<\/sup>h-<\/i>, cf. Lat. <b>leuis<\/b>, Lith. <i>leñgvas<\/i> ΄light΄.)"
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                    "description": "ἐλάχεια, ἐλαχύ, <i>klein, kurz, gering<\/i>. Das femin. ist nach der ausdrücklichen Ueberlieferung des Altertums Proparoxytonon, s. <font color='green'>Lehrs<\/font> <i>Quaest. Ep<\/i>. p. 166. – Ueber das mascul. s. die Stellen alter Grammatiker bei <font color='green'>Lehrs<\/font> p. 169 sq. – Das neutr. erscheint bei Antip.Sid. 106 (<i>Anth<\/i>. VII.498), ἐλαχὺ σκάφος. – Hom. hat das Wort an zwei Stellen, <i>Od<\/i>. 9.116 νῆσος ἔπειτ' ἐλάχεια, var. lect. νῆσος ἔπειτα λάχεια, <i>Od<\/i>. 10.509 ἔνθ' ἀκτή τ' ἐλάχεια, var. lect. ἔνθ' ἀκτή τε λάχεια. Das λάχεια wird doch aber wohl nur Nebenform von ἐλάχεια sein, dgl. <font color='green'>Curtius<\/font> <i>Grundz. d. Griech. Etymol<\/i>. 2. Aufl. S. 175. Nach <i>Scholl. Od<\/i>. 9.116 ist dort ἐλάχεια mit dem ε Zenodots Schreibung, vgl. <font color='green'>Duentzer<\/font> <i>Zenodot<\/i>. p. 55, Carnuth Aristonic. <i>Od<\/i>. 9.116, 10.509. – Das femin. ἐλάχεια Hom. <i>hymn. Apoll<\/i>. 197, Nic. <i>Th<\/i>. 324, Oppian. <i>Cyn<\/i>. 3.480, Nonn. 37.314 u. öfter ; dativ. ἐλαχείῃ Euphor. oder Archyt. bei Athen. III.82a (<font color='green'>Meineke<\/font> <i>Anal. Alex<\/i>. p. 44). – Den <b>Komparat. ἐλάσσων<\/b>, entstanden aus ἐλαχίων, und den <b>superlat. ἐλάχιστος<\/b> s. besonders."
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