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In this passageThe dictionary form and the grammar of the word in this very place, from GLAUx. “Checked by hand” means the analysis comes from a treebank checked by scholars; “Automatic analysis” means GLAUx's program made it (about 97% accurate)
Core vocabularyFor the 500 or so commonest words, a short definition and how common the word is
Dictionary · LSJThe first meanings, and “Full entry” for all of LSJ's article
Wiktionary · liveWiktionary's entry, when you are online
More dictionariesLinks to Logeion and Perseus
Word StudyA page for the word: every form, where it is used, examples from every period, its family
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Word Study gathers everything about one word: its meaning (the core definition and LSJ), every form laid out as a grammar prints it, how often it is used in each period and by which authors, one passage from each period with the word marked, its family (the words built on it and the English words that come from it, from Wiktionary), and your own note on it.

Where this comes from

  1. GLAUx (A. Keersmaekers): the word analyses
  2. Dickinson College Commentaries, Greek Core Vocabulary
  3. LSJ, the Perseus Digital Library's copy

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μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρίʼ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγεʼ ἔθηκε

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