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|Full diacritics=Τροία
|Medium diacritics=Τροία
|Low diacritics=Τροία
|Capitals=ΤΡΟΙΑ
|Transliteration A=Troía
|Transliteration B=Troia
|Transliteration C=Troia
|Beta Code=*troi/a
|Definition=Ion. <b class="b3">Τροίη</b>, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">Troy</b>, whether of the city, <b class="b2">'Troy-town'</b>, <span class="bibl">Il. 9.46</span>, etc.; or the country, <b class="b2">the Troad</b>, Τροίην ἐριβώλακα <span class="bibl">3.74</span>, etc.:—also Τροΐα as trisyll., <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>5.9</span>, <span class="title">Scol.</span>17,18, dub. in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1190</span> (lyr., v. ad fin.); Dor. Τρωΐα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>2.14</span>, <span class="bibl">3.60</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>363</span> (lyr.); contr. Τρῴα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.81</span> (cj. Boeckh for <b class="b3">Τροίας</b>):—hence Τροίᾱθεν, Ion. <b class="b3">-ηθεν</b>, <b class="b2">from Troy</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.257</span>, etc.; ἀπὸ Τροίηθεν <span class="bibl">Il.24.492</span>; Dor. Τρωΐᾱθεν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.41</span>:—Τροίανδε, Ion. <b class="b3">-ηνδε</b>, <b class="b2">to Troy</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.7.390</span>, etc.; Dor. Τρῴανδε <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).36(54)</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a game, the Lat. <span class="title">Troja</span> (Verg.<span class="title">A.</span>5.602), Τροίαν ἱππεῦσαι <span class="bibl">D.C.59.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11</span>. [Zenod. and Aristarch. scanned <b class="b3">Τροίη</b> (Troy) as disyll. everywhere in Hom., but Aristarch. scanned (and wrote) (πόλιν) <b class="b3"> Τροΐην</b> as trisyll. in <span class="bibl">Il.1.129</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.510</span>, understanding 'a Trojan city (city of the Troad)', v. Sch. Il. l.c.; cf. <b class="b3">Τρώϊος</b>: <b class="b3">Τροίη</b> (-ης -ῃ -ην) stands at the beginning of the line in the phrase Τροίῃ ἐν εὐρείῃ <span class="bibl">Il.24.256</span>,<span class="bibl">494</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.62</span>, <span class="bibl">4.99</span>, <span class="bibl">5.307</span>; in the other <span class="bibl">82</span> occurrences the trisyll. form is admitted by the metre, but should perh. not be restored, as disyll. <b class="b3">Τροίη</b> (<b class="b3">-ης</b> etc.) is almost inevitably so placed in a hexam.:—codd.Pi. (in contrast to codd.Hom.) have Τρωΐα <span class="title">N.</span>4.25, al., and <b class="b3">Τροΐα</b> ib.2.14, al. (with either spelling the word may begin with ), cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.65.22</span>.]</span>
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