Arcadocypriot Greek
Arcadocypriot or southern Achaean was an ancient Greek dialect spoken in Arcadia in the central Peloponnese and Cyprus . Its resemblance to Mycenaean Greek , as we know it from the Linear B corpus, suggests that Arcadocypriot is its descendant. Proto-Arcadocypriot (~1200 BC) is supposed to have been spoken by Achaeans in the Peloponnese before the arrival of Dorians ; for this, it is named also southern Achaean. The isoglosses of the Cypriot and Arcadian dialects testify that the Achaeans had settled in Cyprus. As Pausanias reported to us:
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The establishment happened before 1100 BC . With the arrival of Dorians in the Peloponnese, a part of population moved to Cyprus and the rest was limited to the Arcadian mountains. After the collapse of the Mycenaean world, communication did not exist and Cypriot was differentiated from Arcadian. It was written up to the 3rd BC with Cypriot syllabary [1] [2]
Tsan was a letter only in use in Arcadia, up to ca. the 6th century BC. Arcadocypriot kept a lot of characteristics of Mycenaean, early lost in Attic and Ionic, such as the /w/ sound (digamma ).
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amphidekatê ampheikas )(dekatê tenth)anôda armôla Seasoning asistos darin Ancient Greek units of measurement Hecatombaios epithet for Apollo in Athens and for Zeus in Gortyna, Arcadia and Gortyna CreteWistiau Hestia and gistia )woinos (Cypriot,Cretan ,Delphic ,Magna Graecian also) (Attic oinos)zellô zerethron Homeric ,Attic berethron pit) (Koine barathron)thyrda exô , thyra door) (Paphian thorande )in kathidos hydria ) (Tarentine huetos)kas kidaris [3] Demetra Kidaria in Arcadia.korwa girl (Attic korê) (Pamphylian name Korwalina)Gortyna, Arcadia )kubêbê boot,shoe (Attic hypodema)Lênai Bacchae (Lenaeus Dionysus , Lenaia festival)môriai ounê ounei come on! Go! (Attic deuro , drame)pessetai optatai it is cooked,roasted)pos [4] poskatublapse (Attic proskatablapsei )[5] sis
abathôn abaristan abartai ablax ? + ???? (blax) "idiot", blapto "harm")abremês hagana agan thes siôpa, 'shut up' ( "too much" + "put" (tithemi imp.) ankura (Attic ????????? triôbolon, "three obolus ") (Attic ankura anchor)aglaon (Attic glaphyron , "smooth, sweet, simple, decorated" (Cretan also) , (Attic: aglaos "bright")agor eagle (Attic aetos)anchoûros anchauros anchi + aurion tomorrow )adeios adeios, adeia = "fearless, safe", Byzantine and Modern : adeios, adeia = "empty")adryon monoxylon canoe) (? + ???? )aieis aipolos Koine kapêlos wine-seller) (Attic aipolos 'goatherd ') (Attic pôleô sell)akeuei terei he observes,maintains,keeps order)akmôn plough or pestle ]) (Attic anvil ,meteor ) (Acmon mythology)akostê barley (Attic krithê ) Cypr. acc. to Hsch., but Thess. for grain of all kinds acc. to Sch.Il.6.506.)alabê ember ) aleipterion aleiphô smear,rub)aleuron leuros smooth, level, even )(Attic wheat flour) aloua halourga anda aoron lever ?????? gateway door-keeper (Aeolic aoros unsleeped)aoumata chaffs , straws left-overs of barleys (Cf. loumata,lumata)aplanê ameremera ) (Attic aplaneis unmoving,non wandering esp. for stars) apoairei (Attic apokathairei he cleans,removes) ( lead off,set out to sea)apogeme aphelke ) (Attic gemô to be full of)apoloisthein to finish complete (Attic apotelein )( holos whole)apolugma denudation (Attic apogymnôsis )(cf. apolouma )aras epispeirai Cypriot cursing custom sowing barley with water arizos ? + rhiza root)armula hypodemata )armôatos spasmos spasm )aroura arpix acanthus "specie of thorn", (Attic aprix augaros asôtos unsaved,wasteful,prodigal )auekizein sphakelizein produce gangrene )athrizein (Attic rhigoun to shiver)ballai bathmoi grades,steps,stages) (Aeolic arrows)blasta (Attic blastesis Vegetation )bomboia kolumbas elaia pickled olive,swimming in brine)(Attic kolumbaô dive,swim)borborizei boukanê anemone flower (bukanê trumpet)bounos stibas bed of straw, reeds, leaves) (Koine bounos hill,mountain)boôneta (Attic 'purchased things in the price of cows') (Cypriot unholy things)brenthix lettuce )brinka mikron ) brimazein orgasmize (Brimô mythology) (brimaomai freak,be enraged)brouka locust (Ionic broukos)brouchetos brouchetos pit )byblioi gravekeepers ganos Hebrew gan 'garden')gemois nu lit ."you may be full,filled now" Hsch . take and sit genesis libation (Attic sponde )goanai (Attic klaiein to cry) (goaô moan)gra grasthi "eat (imp)" (Attic phage ) (Attic graô Sanskrit grasate eat) (PIE *gres- devour) (Salaminian kagra kata + graô Koine kataphagas gluttonous)damatrizein Demeter "dein 'turn' (Attic ???????? strephein (cf. Attic: deo tie)diptuon diphtheraloiphos grammatodidaskalos ( aleiphô "smear" + diphthera "goatskin ,writing-material,parchment "drosos achreios "needless, useless" (Attic drosos dew)dusea ear haima blood) (Attic Ear Spring (season) )Encheios ???????? elapsa (Attic diephtheira I harmed)elphos butter (Attic boutyron)enauon put in,ignite epixa (Attic ornea birds)erountes (Attic legontes the saying) (Attic erountes the ones who will say)eroua erôeô )estê esthês clothing)zaei (Attic it moves and blows) (zaei binei ,inire, coïre, of illicit intercourse)thates thutes manual labourers (Attic thêtes ) (see Timocracy )thei?n (Attic igdion mortar) (Aristophanes thyeia igdion mortar)thibôn Koine thibis ark,basket) (Hebrew t?bh?h ark, from Egyptian tebt 'box')throdax lettuce )thua flavourings higa siôpa ) (Cretan iga)himonia himas )hin dat. and acc. of the old pers. Pron. hi (q.v.). in , Arc., Cypr., and Cret. for en (q.v.)[6] kalindina intestines (Attic entera ) (PIE : ghel-ond-, ghol-n?d- stomach; bowels) (Homeric cholades) (Macedonian gola)kachila anadendrades climbing vineyards) (Attic kena kenea vainkibisis Aetolian kibba)killos killos donkey)Kinyradai Aphrodite kiris or kirris (cypriotic epithet for Adonis ) (Laconian kirris lychnos light,lamp)kittaris Diadem . Kittaroi ,the ones who wear itkichêtos censer (Attic libanôtos) is being dyed kunupisma eria wools)mopsos Mopsus mythology) (Mopsopia old name of Attica and Attic tales of Euphorion of Chalcis )mytha phonê mythos mytheomai speak narrate)mulasasthai olinoi sheaves of barley ortos (Attic bômos altar)ouarai hemeis )ouaron elaion )ounon ounos road (Attic odos) (Koine dromos)pesson pilnon (Attic phaion obscure brown , pelidnon livid (blue,green/ dark)prepon beast (Attic teras beast)(prepôn -ontos, a fish) (Attic prepon -ntos suitable)Pygmaion Adonis rhueina si bole? (Attic ; ti boulei ? what do you want?)sigunon akontion spear)[7]
epicoron 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 serpent eutrossesthai epistrephesthai return)thorande (Attic exo outside) thyra doorhingia heis ) (Cretan itton hen one)imitraion hypozoston under-girdle ,rope of shipimpataon emblepson look inside -imperative) (Hsch. inkapathaon enkatablepson)kabeios kablê mandalos latch )kakkersai (Attic katakopsai to cut,slay) (kata + keirô cut)kalecheo katakeiso lay down -imperative) (Homeric lechos bed)kapataxeis katakopseis you will cut,slay)karrhaxon (Attic kataraxon strike -imperative) (kata + arassô katereai kathisa sit)kibos kibôtos ark or eneos speechless)kidnon korza korzia heart ( Attic kardia ) ( Ionic kardiê )( Homeric kradiê ) ( Aeolic karza )kubos trublion ) (Attic kubos cube )limên ????? and ( endiatribê delay,abide,stay) (Attic limên port,harbour)mochoi muchos sapithos sasai thassô sit , thôkos backless throne)ses (Attic elathes you were hidden,escaped notice see lanthano)sihai ptusai soana (Attic axinê axe )stropa sterope , lightning flash)huesi Koine stolê garment) , (Attic amphiesis clothing , Hsch. huestaka)Phapê Paphia (Paphian Aphrodite )
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