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|Definition=[v. fin.], Ion. and Ep. λίην, Adv. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[very]], [[exceedingly]], in Hom. with an Adv., λ. ἑκάς <span class="bibl">Od.14.496</span>; λ. ἀεικελίως <span class="bibl">8.231</span>: with an Adj., λ. μέγα εἶπες <span class="bibl">3.227</span>, <span class="bibl">16.243</span>; νήπιος λ. τόσον <span class="bibl">4.371</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.238</span>; λ. λυπρός <span class="bibl">13.243</span>; <b class="b3">λ. ἐνθύμιος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">421</span>: alone with a Verb, [[very much]], [[overmuch]], κεχολώατο λ. <span class="bibl">14.282</span>; λ. ἄχθομαι ἕλκος <span class="bibl">Il.5.361</span>; <b class="b3">οὔ τι λ. ποθὴ ἔσσεται</b> not [[exceedingly]], <span class="bibl">14.368</span>; μή τι λ. προκαλίζεο <span class="bibl">Od.18.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.6.486</span>; 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 <span class="bibl">Od.1.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.203</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.553</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> after Hom., ἀσχάλα μὴ λίην <span class="bibl">Archil.66.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Sol.6</span>; λίην δὲ δειλιάζεις Anacr. ap. <span class="bibl">Ptol.Ascal. p.409</span> H.; <b class="b3">λ. πιστεύειν</b> to believe [[implicitly]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.96</span>; μὴ κάμνε λ. <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">P.</span>1.90</span>; μὴ λ. στένε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1172</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>158</span> (lyr.); ἀσπάζου αὐτὴν λ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>936.13</span> (iii A.D.); καὶ λ. σαφῶς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1231</span>; λ. ἀσελγῶς <span class="bibl">Lys. 24.15</span>; λ. πόρρω <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>310c</span>; ἐντὸς λ. τῶν τειχῶν <span class="bibl">Th.7.5</span>: with other words of like sense, πολὺ λ. <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.48</span>; λ. πάνυ <span class="bibl">Antiph.184.2</span> (dub.), cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.972.46</span>; <b class="b3">κόμπος λ. εἰρημένος</b>, opp. <b class="b3">πεπλασμένος</b> (compare our [[very]] and [[verily]]), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1031</span>:—in Trag.and Com.freq.betw.Art.and Noun, <b class="b3">ἡ λ. φιλότης βροτῶν</b> his [[too great]] love... <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>123</span> (anap.); τὸ λ. ποτόν <span class="bibl">Cratin.187</span>; ἡ λ. τρυφή <span class="bibl">Men.587</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ λ. μειράκια</b> Theopomp. Com.<span class="bibl">29</span>; αἱ πρὸς τυράννους λίαν ὁμιλίαι <span class="bibl">D.6.21</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ λ</b>. [[excess]], [[violence]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>866</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>415c</span>. [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.]</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adv.<br />Meaning: [[very much]], [[too much]] (Il.);<br />Other forms: ep. Ion. <b class="b3">λίην</b> (<b class="b3">ι</b>)<br />Derivatives: here <b class="b3">λιάζειν</b> <b class="b2">be over-enthousiastic</b> (A. D., Phot.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Like <b class="b3">δήν</b>, <b class="b3">πλήν</b> a. o. (Schwyzer 621) a fixed acc. with unknown basic meaning. A form <b class="b3">λῖ</b> is cited from Epich. 223 (Str. 8, 364), and as 1. member in <b class="b3">λι-πόνηρος λίαν πονηρός</b> H.; also <b class="b3">λήν λίαν</b> H. The connection of strengthening <b class="b3">λα-</b> (s. v. ), <b class="b3">λαι-</b> is uncertain. Etymolog. unclear; the connection with Dor. <b class="b3">λῆν</b> [[will]] (Prellwitz) is rightly rejected by Bq and WP. 2, 393. Chantraine Glotta 33, 28 considers remote connection with <b class="b3">λεῖος</b>. - Here also <b class="b3">λίηφος δεινός</b> H.? (Chantraine Form. 263; on the formation see Specht Ursprung 264).