Arcadocypriot, or southern Achaean, was an ancient Greek dialect spoken in Arcadia, in the central

Peloponnese The Peloponnese ( ), Peloponnesus ( ; , ) or Morea (; ) is a peninsula and geographic region in Southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridg ...

, and in

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

. Its resemblance to

Mycenaean Greek Mycenaean Greek is the earliest attested form of the Greek language. It was spoken on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th centuries BC). The language is preserved in inscriptions in Linear B, a script first atteste ...

, as it is known from the

Linear B Linear B is a syllabary, syllabic script that was used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest Attested language, attested form of the Greek language. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries, the earliest known examp ...

corpus, indicates that they are closely related to it, and belong to the same dialect group, known as Achaean. In Cyprus the dialect was written solely using the

Cypriot syllabary The Cypriot or Cypriote syllabary (also Classical Cypriot Syllabary) is a syllabary, syllabic script used in Iron Age Cyprus, from about the 11th to the 4th centuries BCE, when it was replaced by the Greek alphabet. It has been suggested that t ...

. The most extensive surviving text of the dialect is the

Idalion Tablet The Idalion Tablet is a 5th-century BC bronze tablet from Idalium (), Cyprus. The script of the tablet is in the Cypriot syllabary and the inscription itself is in the Arcadocypriot dialect of Greek. The tablet was kept in the ancient official ...

. A significant literary source on the vocabulary comes from the lexicon of 5th century AD grammarian Hesychius.

History

The prevailing dialect spoken in southern Greece (including Achaea, the Argolid, Laconia, Crete, and Rhodes) at the end of the Bronze Age, was Proto-Arcadocypriot. The Mycenaean and Arcadocypriot dialects belong to the same group, known as Achaean. Certain common innovations of Arcadian and Cypriot, as attested in the first millennium BC, indicate that they represent vernaculars that had slightly diverged from the Mycenaean administrative language, sometime before a migration to Cyprus, possibly during the 13th or 12th century BC. Pausanias reported: The establishment happened before 1100 BC. With the arrival of Dorians in the Peloponnese, a part of the population moved to Cyprus, and the rest was limited to the Arcadian mountains. According to John T. Hooker, the preferable explanation for the general historico-linguistic picture is that:

...in the
Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
, at the time of the great Mycenaean expansion, a dialect of a high degree of uniformity was spoken both in Cyprus and in the Peloponnese but that at some subsequent epoch the speakers of
West Greek Doric or Dorian (), also known as West Greek, was a group of Ancient Greek dialects; its varieties are divided into the Doric proper and Northwest Doric subgroups. Doric was spoken in a vast area, including northern Greece (Acarnania, Aetolia, ...
intruded upon the Peloponnese and occupied the coastal states, but made no significant inroads into Arcadia.

Later developments

After the collapse of the Mycenaean world, communication ended, and Cypriot was differentiated from Arcadian. It was written until the 3rd century BC using the

. Tsan was a letter in use only in Arcadia until around the 6th century BC. Arcadocypriot kept many characteristics of Mycenaean, early lost in Attic and Ionic, such as the sound (

digamma Digamma or wau (uppercase: Ϝ, lowercase: ϝ, numeral: ϛ) is an Archaic Greek alphabets, archaic letter of the Greek alphabet. It originally stood for the sound but it has remained in use principally as a Greek numeral for 6 (number), 6. Whe ...

Glossary

Arcadian

Cypriot

*
abathôn
' teacher (Attic didaskalos) *
abaristan
'

'effeminate' *
abartai
' birds, volatile (Attic hai ptênai, ta ptêna ) *
ablax
' 'brightly wonderful' (Attic lambrôs) ( α + βλάξ (blax) "idiot", blapto "harm") *
abremês
' , 'unworthy of being seen, despicable' *
hagana
' and agana (Attic sagênê 'dragnet') * (
aganthes
') (Attic ''siôpa'', 'shut up' ( "too much" + "put" (tithemi imp.) * ''ankura'' (Attic ''τριώβολον'' triôbolon, "three

obols The obol (, ''obolos'', also ὀβελός (''obelós''), ὀβελλός (''obellós''), ὀδελός (''odelós''). "nail, metal spit"; ) was a form of ancient Greek currency and weight. Currency Obols were used from early times. ...

") (Atti
ankura
anchor) * ''aglaon'' (Attic ''glaphyron'', "smooth, sweet, simple, decorated" (

Cretan Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...

also), (Attic
aglaos
"bright") * ''agor'' eagle (Attic aetos) *
anchoûros
' near the morning (fro
anchauros
''anchi'' + ''aurion'' tomorrow ) *
adeios
' (Attic akathartos), "cleanless, impure" (cf. Attic: ''adeios, adeia'' = "fearless, safe",

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...

and

Modern Modern may refer to: History *Modern history ** Early Modern period ** Late Modern period *** 18th century *** 19th century *** 20th century ** Contemporary history * Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century Philosophy ...

: ''adeios, adeia'' = "empty") *
adryon
' (ploion

dugout canoe A dugout canoe or simply dugout is a boat made from a hollowed-out tree. Other names for this type of boat are logboat and monoxylon. ''Monoxylon'' (''μονόξυλον'') (pl: ''monoxyla'') is Greek''mono-'' (single) + '' ξύλον xylon'' (tr ...

) ( α + δρῦς) * ''athrizein'' (Attic ''rhigoun'' to shiver) *
aieis
' 'you listen' (Attic akoueis) (aïô only in poetic use) *
aipolos
' (

Koine Koine Greek (, ), also variously known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek, Septuagint Greek or New Testament Greek, was the common supra-regional form of Greek spoken and written during the Hellenistic ...

''kapêlos'' wine-seller) (Attic ''aipolos'' '

goatherd A goatherd or goatherder is a person who herds goats as a vocational activity. It is similar to a shepherd who herds sheep. Goatherds are most commonly found in regions where goat populations are significant; for instance, in Africa and South A ...

') (Atti
pôleô
sell) *
akeuei
' (Attic ''terei'' he observes, maintains, keeps order) *
akmôn
' (Attic ἀλετρίβανος aletribanos

plough A plough or ( US) plow (both pronounced ) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but modern ploughs are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden ...

pestle A mortar and pestle is a set of two simple tools used to prepare ingredients or substances by compression (physics), crushing and shear force, grinding them into a fine Paste (rheology), paste or powder in the kitchen, laboratory, and pharmacy. ...

) (Attic

anvil An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal (usually Forging, forged or Steel casting, cast steel), with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck (or "worked"). Anvils are massive because the hi ...

meteor A meteor, known colloquially as a shooting star, is a glowing streak of a small body (usually meteoroid) going through Earth's atmosphere, after being heated to incandescence by collisions with air molecules in the upper atmosphere, creating a ...

) ( Acmon mythology) *
akostê
'

barley Barley (), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains; it was domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 9000 BC, giving it nonshattering spikele ...

(Attic krithê ) Cypr. according to

Hsch. Hesychius of Alexandria () was a Greek grammarian who, probably in the 5th or 6th century AD, compiled the richest lexicon of unusual and obscure Greek words that has survived, probably by absorbing the works of earlier lexicographers. The wor ...

, but Thess. for grain of all kinds according to Sch.Il.6.506.) * hals (Attic oinos wine) (Attic hals sea) () *
alabê
' or alaba (Attic marile charcoal-

ember An ember, also called a hot coal, is a hot lump of smouldering solid fuel, typically glowing, composed of greatly heated wood, coal, or other carbon-based material. Embers (hot coals) can exist within, remain after, or sometimes precede, a ...

) *
aleipterion
' (Attic grapheion

writing utensil A writing implement or writing instrument is an object used to produce writing. Writing consists of different figures, lines, and or forms. Most of these items can be also used for other functions such as painting, drawing and technical drawing, ...

or place of writing and

engraving Engraving is the practice of incising a design on a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a Burin (engraving), burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or Glass engraving, glass ar ...

) (Attic ''aleiphô'' smear, rub) *
aleuron
' grave (Attic taphos
leuros
smooth, level, even )(Attic wheat flour) *
aloua
' gardens (Attic kêpoi) *
halourga
' the red things of the sea Cypr. according to

*
anda
' she (Attic hautê) *''
aoron

lever A lever is a simple machine consisting of a beam (structure), beam or rigid rod pivoted at a fixed hinge, or '':wikt:fulcrum, fulcrum''. A lever is a rigid body capable of rotating on a point on itself. On the basis of the locations of fulcrum, l ...

μοχλός gateway door-keeper (

Aeolic In linguistics, Aeolic Greek (), also known as Aeolian (), Lesbian or Lesbic dialect, is the set of dialects of Ancient Greek spoken mainly in Boeotia; in Thessaly; in the Aegean island of Lesbos; and in the Greek colonies of Aeolis in Anat ...

''aoros'' unsleeped) *
aoumata
'

chaff Chaff (; ) is dry, scale-like plant material such as the protective seed casings of cereal grains, the scale-like parts of flowers, or finely chopped straw. Chaff cannot be digested by humans, but it may be fed to livestock, ploughed into soil ...

s, straws left-overs of barleys (Cf. loumata, lumata) * apelyka (Attic aperrhoga I am broken, crashed) *
aplanê
' many, a lot (Attic ) (Laconian ''ameremera'') (Attic ''aplaneis'' unmoving, non wandering esp. for stars) * ''apoairei'' (Attic apokathairei he cleans, removes) ( lead off, set out to sea) *
apogeme
' imp. remove out, draw off liquor(Attic ''aphelke'') (Attic ''gemô'' to be full of) * ''apoloisthein'' to finish complete (Attic ''apotelein'')( ''holos'' whole) *
apolugma
'

denudation Denudation is the geological process in which moving water, ice, wind, and waves erode the Earth's surface, leading to a reduction in elevation and in relief of landforms and landscapes. Although the terms erosion and denudation are used interchang ...

(Attic ''apogymnôsis'')(cf
apolouma
* ''aras epispeirai'' Cypriot cursing custom sowing barley with water *
arizos
' grave (Attic taphos) ( α + rhiza root) *
armula
' shoes (Attic ''hypodemata'') *
armôatos
' (Attic
spasmos
'

spasm A spasm is a sudden involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ, such as the bladder. A spasmodic muscle contraction may be caused by many medical conditions, including dystonia. Most commonly, it is a musc ...

) *
aroura
' 'heap of wheat with straws' (Homeric, Ionic aroura earth) *
arpix
' harpix or aprix

acanthus Acanthus (: acanthus, rarely acanthuses in English, or acanthi in Latin), its feminine form acantha (plural: acanthae), the Latinised form of the ancient Greek word acanthos or akanthos, or the prefix acantho-, may refer to: Biology *Acanthus ...

"species of thorn", (Attic
aprix
' fast, tight) *
augaros
' (Attic ''asôtos'' unsaved, wasteful, prodigal) *
auekizein
' (Attic ''sphakelizein'' produce

gangrene Gangrene is a type of tissue death caused by a lack of blood supply. Symptoms may include a change in skin color to red or black, numbness, swelling, pain, skin breakdown, and coolness. The feet and hands are most commonly affected. If the ga ...

) * ''Achaiomanteis'' seers, priests in Cyprus (Hesychius) *
ballai
' (Attic ''bathmoi'' grades, steps, stages) (Aeolic arrows) * ''blasta'' (Attic blastesis

Vegetation Vegetation is an assemblage of plants and the ground cover they provide. It is a general term, without specific reference to particular Taxon, taxa, life forms, structure, Spatial ecology, spatial extent, or any other specific Botany, botanic ...

) *
bomboia
' (Attic ''kolumbas elaia'' pickled olive, swimming in brine)(Attic ''kolumbaô'' dive, swim) *
borborizei
' it groans, pollutes *
boukanê
'

anemone ''Anemone'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are commonly called windflowers. They are native to the temperate and subtropical regions of all regions except Australia, New Zealand, and ...

flower (bukanê trumpet) *
bounos
' (Attic ''stibas'' bed of straw, reeds, leaves) (

''bounos'' hill, mountain) * ''boôneta'' (Attic 'purchased things in the price of cows') (Cypriot unholy things) *
brenthix
' (Attic thridakine

lettuce Lettuce (''Lactuca sativa'') is an annual plant of the family Asteraceae mostly grown as a leaf vegetable. The leaves are most often used raw in Green salad, green salads, although lettuce is also seen in other kinds of food, such as sandwiche ...

) *
brinka
' small (Attic ''mikron'') *
brimazein
'

orgasm Orgasm (from Greek , ; "excitement, swelling"), sexual climax, or simply climax, is the sudden release of accumulated sexual excitement during the sexual response cycle, characterized by intense sexual pleasure resulting in rhythmic, involu ...

ize ( Brimô mythology) (''brimaomai'' freak, be enraged) *
brouka
' green

locust Locusts (derived from the Latin ''locusta'', locust or lobster) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they b ...

( Ionic broukos) *
brouchetos
' frog (Attic bathrachos) (

''brouchetos'' pit ) * ''byblioi'' gravekeepers *
ganos
' garden pl. ganea (

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

gan 'garden') * ''gemois nu'' lit."you may be full, filled now"

take and sit * ''genesis''

libation A libation is a ritual pouring of a liquid as an Sacrifice, offering to a deity or spirit, or in Veneration of the dead, memory of the dead. It was common in many religions of Ancient history, antiquity and continues to be offered in cultures t ...

(Attic ''sponde'') * ''goanai'' (Attic ''klaiein'' to cry)
goaô
moan) *
gra
' or ''grasthi'' "eat (imp)" (Attic ''phage'') (Attic
graô
' gnaw) (

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

''grasate'' eat) (

PIE A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Sweet pies may be filled with fruit (as in an apple pie), nuts ( pecan pie), fruit preserves ( jam tart ...

''*gres-'' devour) ( Salaminianbr>kagra
kata + graô

''kataphagas'' gluttonous) *
damatrizein
' "collect the fuits of

Demeter In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Demeter (; Attic Greek, Attic: ''Dēmḗtēr'' ; Doric Greek, Doric: ''Dāmā́tēr'') is the Twelve Olympians, Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over cro ...

" * ''dein'' 'turn' (Attic ''στρέφειν'' ''strephein'' (cf. Attic: deo tie) *
diptuon
' (Attic hemimedimnos, a dry measure) (Aeolic kammarpsis) *
diphtheraloiphos
' elementary teacher ''grammatodidaskalos'' ( aleiphô "smear"
diphthera
" goatskin, writing-material,

parchment Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared Tanning (leather), untanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves and goats. It has been used as a writing medium in West Asia and Europe for more than two millennia. By AD 400 ...

" * ''drosos'' ''achreios'' "needless, useless" (Attic ''drosos'' dew) *
dusea
' (the things around the wall) *
ear
' (Attic ''haima'' blood) (Attic Ear Spring (season)) * ''Encheios'' Ἀφροδίτη * ''elapsa'' (Attic ''diephtheira'' I harmed) *
elphos
'

butter Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of Churning (butter), churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 81% butterfat. It is used at room temperature as a spread (food ...

(Attic boutyron) * ''enauon'' put in, ignite * ''epixa'' (Attic ''ornea'' birds) * ''erountes'' (Attic legontes the saying) (Attic ''erountes'' the ones who will say) *
eroua
' walk and rest (cf. Homeric ''erôeô'') *
estê
' (Attic stolê, equipment, garment) (cf
esthês
clothing) * ''zaei'' (Attic it moves and blows)
zaei
binei, inire, coïre, of illicit intercourse) *
thates
' or ''thutes'' manual labourers (Attic ''thêtes'') (see

Timocracy A timocracy (from Greek τιμή ''timē'', "honor, worth" and -κρατία ''-kratia'', "rule") in Aristotle's ''Politics'' is a state where only property owners may participate in government. More advanced forms of timocracy, where power der ...

) * ''theiοn'' (Attic ''igdion'' mortar) (

Aristophanes Aristophanes (; ; ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek Ancient Greek comedy, comic playwright from Classical Athens, Athens. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today. The majority of his surviving play ...

''thyeia'' igdion mortar) *
thibôn
' (

''thibis'' ark, basket) (

''tēbhāh'' ark, from

Egyptian ''Egyptian'' describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of year ...

tebt 'box') *
throdax
' (Attic thridax

) * ''thua''

flavouring A flavoring (or flavouring), also known as flavor (or flavour) or flavorant, is a food additive that is used to improve the taste or smell of food. It changes the perceptual impression of food as determined primarily by the chemoreceptors of ...

s *
higa
' shut up (Attic ''siôpa'') (

iga) *
himonia
' strap (Attic ''himas'') * ''hin'' dat. and acc. of the old pers. Pron. hi (q.v.). in, Arc., Cypr., and Cret. for en (q.v.) * ''kalindina'' intestines (Attic ''entera'') (

: ghel-ond-, ghol-n•d- stomach; bowels) (

Homeric Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his authorship, Homer is ...

cholades) (

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Macedonia * Mac ...

gola) *
kachila
' flowers (Attic anthê) * (Attic ''anadendrades'' climbing vineyards) (Attic kena kenea vain *
kibisis
' bag (Attic pêra) (

Aetolian Aetolia () is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania. Geography The Achelous River separates Aetolia from Acarnania to the west; on the ...

kibba) *
killos
' morning cicada ( tettix proinos) (Hesychius ''killos'' donkey) * '' Kinyradai'' priests of

Aphrodite Aphrodite (, ) is an Greek mythology, ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretism, syncretised Roman counterpart , desire, Sexual intercourse, sex, fertility, prosperity, and ...

* ''kiris'' o
kirris
(cypriotic epithet for

Adonis In Greek mythology, Adonis (; ) was the mortal lover of the goddesses Aphrodite and Persephone. He was considered to be the ideal of male beauty in classical antiquity. The myth goes that Adonis was gored by a wild boar during a hunting trip ...

) (

Laconian Laconia or Lakonia may refer to: Places * Laconia, a region of Greece * Laconia (constituency), an electoral district of Greece **Doric_Greek#Laconian, Laconian Greek, a dialect of Doric Greek United States * Laconia, Indiana * Laconia, New Hamp ...

''kirris'' ''lychnos'' light, lamp) *
kittaris
' Cypriot

Diadem A diadem is a Crown (headgear), crown, specifically an ornamental headband worn by monarchs and others as a badge of Monarch, royalty. Overview The word derives from the Ancient Greek, Greek διάδημα ''diádēma'', "band" or "fillet", fro ...

. Kittaroi, the ones who wear it *
kichêtos
' the vessel or the substance where the

censer A censer, incense burner, perfume burner or pastille burner is a vessel made for burning incense or perfume in some solid form. They vary greatly in size, form, and material of construction, and have been in use since ancient times throughout t ...

(Attic libanôtos) is being dyed *
kunupisma
' drink from

pomace Pomace ( ), or marc (; from French ''marc'' ), is the solid remains of grapes, olives, or other fruit after pressing (wine), pressing for juice or Vegetable oil, oil. It contains the skins, pulp, seeds, and stems of the fruit. Grape pomace has ...

(stemphyla), i.e. left-overs of pressed grapes. * lênea or leina (Attic ''eria'' wools) *
mopsos
' 'stain on the clothes' (Attic kêlis ) (

Mopsus Mopsus (; Ancient Greek: Μόψος, ''Mopsos'') was the name of one of two famous seers in Greek mythology; his rival being Calchas. A historical or legendary ''Mopsos'' or ''Mukšuš'' may have been the founder of a house in power at widespread ...

mythology) (Mopsopia old name of

Attica Attica (, ''Attikḗ'' (Ancient Greek) or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital city, capital of Greece and the core cit ...

and Attic tales of

Euphorion of Chalcis Euphorion of Chalcis () was a Greek people, Greek poet and Grammarian (Greco-Roman), grammarian, born at Chalcis in Euboea in the 126th olympiad (276–272 BC). Euphorion spent much of his life in Athens, where he amassed great wealth. After ...

) *
mytha
' voice (Attic phonê mythos mytheomai speak narrate) *
mulasasthai
' cleanse with oil (Attic smêxasthai smêchô) *
olinoi
' sheaves of barley * ''ortos'' (Attic ''bômos'' altar) *
ouarai
' we (Attic ''hemeis'') *
ouaron
' olive oil (Attic ''elaion'') *
ounon
' or ''ounos'' road (Attic odos) (Koine dromos) *
pesson
' (Attic mountain or village) * ''pilnon'' (Attic ''phaion'' obscure brown, ''pelidnon'' livid (blue, green/ dark) * ''prepon'' beast (Attic ''teras'' beast
prepôn
-ontos, a fish) (Attic ''prepon -ntos'' suitable) * ''Pygmaion''

*
rhueina
' lamb, accusative (Attic arna)(nom. rhuein, arên from Wrêna) * ''si bole?'' (Attic ; ''ti boulei''? what do you want?) *
sigunon
' (Attic ''akontion'' spear)

Aristotle Aristotle (; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosophy, Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, a ...

, ''

Poetics Poetics is the study or theory of poetry, specifically the study or theory of device, structure, form, type, and effect with regards to poetry, though usage of the term can also refer to literature broadly. Poetics is distinguished from hermeneu ...

'', XX

Paphian

*
epicoron
' (Attic epikopon) cutting, re-stamped coin (from ''keirô'' and ''koptô'' cut) * ''es poth' herpes''? (Attic ''pothen hekeis''? where do you come from?) (Attic ''herpein'' to creep, to crawl, move slowly like a snake, serpent *
eutrossesthai
' (Attic ''epistrephesthai'' return) * ''thorande'' (Attic ''exo'' outside) ''thyra'' door *
hingia
' one (Cypr. ingia) ( ''heis'') (Cretan ''itton'' hen one) *
imitraion
' (

''hypozoston'' under-

girdle A belt without a buckle, especially if a cord or rope, is called a girdle in various contexts, especially historical ones, where girdles were a very common part of everyday clothing from antiquity until perhaps the 15th century, especially for w ...

, rope of ship *
impataon
' (Attic ''emblepson'' look inside -imperative) (

br>inkapathaon
enkatablepson) *
kabeios
' young (Attic neos) *
kablê
' (Koine ''mandalos''

latch A latch or catch (called sneck in Northern England and Scotland) is a type of mechanical fastener that joins two or more objects or surfaces while allowing for their regular separation. A latch typically engages another piece of hardware on the ...

) * ''kakkersai'' (Attic ''katakopsai'' to cut, slay) (kata + ''keirô'' cut) *
kalecheo
' (Attic ''katakeiso'' lay down -imperative) (Homeric ''lechos'' bed) *
kapataxeis
' (Attic ''katakopseis'' you will cut, slay) * ''karrhaxon'' (Attic ''kataraxon'' strike -imperative) (kata
arassô
*
katereai
' (Attic ''kathisa'' sit) *
kibos
' (Attic ''kibôtos'' ark or ''eneos'' speechless) *
kidnon
' here (Attic enthade) *
korza
' or ''korzia'' heart ( Attic kardia ) ( Ionic kardiê )(

kradiê ) (

karza ) *
kubos
' saucer bowl dish (Attic ''trublion'') (Attic kubos

cube A cube or regular hexahedron is a three-dimensional space, three-dimensional solid object in geometry, which is bounded by six congruent square (geometry), square faces, a type of polyhedron. It has twelve congruent edges and eight vertices. It i ...

) *
limên
' ἀγορά and ( endiatribê delay, abide, stay) (Attic ''limên'' port, harbour) *
mochoi
' inside (Attic entos)(cf.
muchos
' innermost part, nook, corner) *
sapithos
' sacrifice (Attic thysia) *
sasai
' to sit (Attic kathisai) (cf. Poeti
thassô
sit, thôkos backless throne) * ''ses'' (Attic ''elathes'' you were hidden, escaped notice see lanthano) *
sihai
' to spit (Attic
ptusai
' to spit, cast out) * ''soana'' (Attic ''axinê''

axe An axe (; sometimes spelled ax in American English; American and British English spelling differences#Miscellaneous spelling differences, see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used for thousands of years to shape, split, a ...

) *
stropa
' (Attic astrapê) (Homeric

sterope Sterope (; Ancient Greek: Στερόπη, , from , ''steropē'', lightning) was the name of several individuals in Greek mythology: * Sterope (or Asterope), one of the Pleiades and the wife of Oenomaus (or his mother by Ares). * Sterope, a Pleu ...

, lightning flash) *
huesi
' (

stolê "garment", (Attic amphiesis

clothing Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on a human human body, body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles, but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin s ...

huestaka) * ''Phapê'' Paphia (Paphian

)

References

Bibliography

*A History of Ancient Greek: From the Beginnings to Late Antiquity
Arcado-Cypriot by A.Panayotou
*C. M. Bowr
Homeric Words in Arcadian Inscriptions
* * * Yves Duhoux. ''Introduction aux dialectes grecs anciens''. Lounain-la-Neuve: Cabay, 1983 * Rüdiger Schmitt. ''Einführung in die griechischen Dialekte''. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1977 * Markus Egetmeyer. ''Le dialecte grec ancien de Chypre''. 2 vols., vol. 1: ''Grammaire''; vol. 2: ''Répertoire des inscriptions en syllabaire chypro-grec''. Berlin–NY: De Gruyter, 2010.