λίαν

English (LSJ)

[v. fin.], Ion. and Ep. λίην, Adv.

   A 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; 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 Hom., 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 Hom., ἀσχάλα μὴ λίην Archil.66.7, cf. Sol.6; λίην δὲ δειλιάζεις Anacr. ap. Ptol.Ascal. p.409 H.; λ. πιστεύειν to believe implicitly, Hdt.4.96; μὴ κάμνε λ. Pi. P.1.90; μὴ λ. στένε S.El.1172, cf. E.Med.158 (lyr.); ἀσπάζου αὐτὴν λ. POxy.936.13 (iii A.D.); καὶ λ. σαφῶς Ar.Eq.1231; λ. ἀσελγῶς Lys. 24.15; λ. πόρρω Pl.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; κόμπος λ. εἰρημένος, opp. πεπλασμένος (compare our very and verily), A.Pr.1031:—in Trag.and Com.freq.betw.Art.and Noun, ἡ λ. φιλότης βροτῶν his too great love... A.Pr.123 (anap.); τὸ λ. ποτόν Cratin.187; ἡ λ. τρυφή Men.587; τὰ λ. μειράκια Theopomp. Com.29; αἱ πρὸς τυράννους λίαν ὁμιλίαι D.6.21; τὸ λ. excess, violence, E.Andr.866, Pl.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.]