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|Definition=[v. fin.], Ion. and Ep. [[λίην]], Adv.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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; <b class="b3">λ. ἐνθύμιος</b> ib.421: alone with a Verb, [[very much]], [[overmuch]], κεχολώατο λ. 14.282; λ. ἄχθομαι ἕλκος Il.5.361; <b class="b3">οὔ τι λ. ποθὴ ἔσσεται</b> not [[exceedingly]], 14.368; μή τι λ. προκαλίζεο Od.18.20, cf. Il.6.486; also, in Hom., <b class="b3">καὶ λίην</b>, 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.<br><span class="bld">II</span> after Hom., ἀσχάλα μὴ λίην Archil.66.7, cf. Sol.6; λίην δὲ δειλιάζεις Anacr. ap. Ptol.Ascal. p.409 H.; <b class="b3">λ. πιστεύειν</b> to believe [[implicitly]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.96; μὴ κάμνε λ. Pi. ''P.''1.90; μὴ λ. στένε S.''El.''1172, cf. E.''Med.''158 (lyr.); ἀσπάζου αὐτὴν λ. ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''936.13 (iii A.D.); καὶ λ. σαφῶς [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1231; λ. ἀσελγῶς Lys. 24.15; λ. πόρρω [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|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; <b class="b3">κόμπος λ. εἰρημένος</b>, opp. [[πεπλασμένος]] (compare our [[very]] and [[verily]]), A.''Pr.''1031:—in Trag.and Com.freq.betweenArt.and Noun, <b class="b3">ἡ λ. φιλότης βροτῶν</b> his [[too great]] love... A.''Pr.''123 (anap.); τὸ λ. ποτόν Cratin.187; ἡ λ. τρυφή Men.587; <b class="b3">τὰ λ. μειράκια</b> Theopomp. Com.29; αἱ πρὸς τυράννους λίαν ὁμιλίαι D.6.21; <b class="b3">τὸ λ.</b> [[excess]], [[violence]], E.''Andr.''866, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''415c. [Hom. 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.]