Abbreviations and Conventions
I have generally followed the abbreviations of Greek authors and their works as used in LSJ, with the exception of Ol., Pyth., Nem., and Isthm. (instead of O., P., N., I.) for the works of Pindar. I have provided my own translations of Greek passages, unless otherwise indicated in the text.
Languages and Sources
| Aeol. |
Aeolic |
| Alb. |
Albanian |
| Arc. |
Arcadian |
| Arg. |
Argolic |
| Arm. |
Armenian |
| Att. |
Attic |
| Av. |
Avestan |
| Boeot. |
Boeotian |
| Class. |
Classical |
| Cret. |
Cretan |
| CS |
Church Slavic |
| Cypr. |
Cypriot |
| Cz. |
Czech |
| dial. |
dialectal |
| Dor. |
Doric |
| Du. |
Dutch |
| E‑ |
East(ern) |
| El. |
Elean |
| Fr. |
French |
| Fris. |
Frisian |
| G. |
German |
| Gmc. |
Germanic |
| Goth. |
Gothic |
| Gr. |
Greek |
| Hitt. |
Hittite |
| Hom. |
Homer(ic) |
| Icel. |
Icelandic |
| IIr. |
Indo-Iranian |
| Ion. |
Ionic |
| inscr. |
inscription(s) |
| Ir. |
Irish |
| It. |
Italic |
| Ital. |
Italian |
| Lat. |
Latin |
| Latv. |
Latvian |
| Lesb. |
Lesbian |
| Lith. |
Lithuanian |
| Locr. |
Locrian |
| Lyc. |
Lycian |
| MHG |
Middle High German |
| Mo‑ |
Modern |
| MoE. |
Modern English (but E. = Euripides) |
| ms(s). |
manuscript(s) |
| Myc. |
Mycenaean |
| Nw. |
Norwegian |
| NWGr. |
North West Greek |
| O‑ |
Old‑ |
| OE |
Old English |
| OHG |
Old High German |
| ON |
Old Norse |
| OP |
Old Persian |
| OPr. |
Old Prussian |
| P‑ |
Proto‑ |
| Pamph. |
Pamphylian |
| PCelt. |
Proto-Celtic |
| PGr. |
Proto-Greek |
| Phryg. |
Phrygian |
| PIon. |
Proto-Ionic |
| PIE |
Proto-Indo-European |
| Ru. |
Russian |
| RV |
Rigveda |
| SCr. |
Serbo-Croatian |
| Skt. |
Sanskrit |
| Sl. |
Slavic |
| Sln. |
Slovene |
| Tarent. |
Tarentine |
| Ther. |
Theran |
| Thess. |
Thessalian |
| Toch. |
Tocharian |
| Ved. |
Vedic Sanskrit |
| W‑ |
West(ern) |
| W. |
Welsh |
| WGr. |
West Greek |
| YAv. |
Young(er) Avestan |
Linguistic Notation
| * |
(precedes a reconstructed form) |
| x |
(precedes an unattested form) |
| < |
developed from |
| > |
developed into |
| << |
analogically developed from |
| >> |
analogically developed into |
| ← |
derived from |
| → |
is the derivational basis of |
| C |
consonant |
| H |
laryngeal |
| L |
liquid |
| N |
nasal |
| R |
resonant |
| V |
vowel |
Metrical Positions
| |P |
penthemimeral caesura |
| |T |
trochaic caesura |
| |H |
hephthemimeral caesura |
| |B |
bucolic dieresis |
Grammatical Abbreviations
| 1/2/3 |
1st/2nd/3rd person |
| acc. |
accusative |
| act. |
active |
| adj. |
adjective |
| adv. |
adverb |
| aor. |
aorist |
| athem. |
athematic |
| comp. |
comparative |
| CL |
compensatory lengthening |
| CM |
compound member |
| dat. |
dative |
| denom. |
denominative |
| du. |
dual |
| f. |
feminine |
| fut. |
future |
| gen. |
genitive |
| ins. |
instrumental |
| impf. |
imperfect |
| impv. |
imperative |
| ind. |
indicative |
| inf. |
infinitive |
| inj. |
injunctive |
| intr. |
intransitive |
| loc. |
locative |
| mg. |
meaning |
| mid. |
middle |
| m. |
masculine |
| nom. |
nominative |
| n. |
neuter |
| opt. |
optative |
| pl. |
plural |
| pass. |
passive |
| pf. |
perfect |
| PN |
personal name |
| prep. |
preposition |
| pres. |
present |
| pret. |
preterite |
| ptc. |
participle |
| red. |
reduplicated |
| sg. |
singular |
| subj. |
subjunctive |
| superl. |
superlative |
| them. |
thematic |
| TN |
toponym |
| tr. |
transitive |