The lemma
A dictionary groups forms under a headword or lemma. The lemma may be a conventionally selected citation form, not a form found in the passage. To look up an inflected token, identify its likely stem and ending, then test all plausible lemmas against the sentence. A parser can offer candidates; it cannot decide a damaged sign or a syntactic relationship by itself.
Homographs
One spelling may correspond to several lexemes or grammatical forms. Accents, vowel marks, dialect spellings and transcription choices may distinguish them, or may be absent from the witness. Record the exact form in the text and the dictionary entry selected, together with the argument connecting them.
Reference editions
A historical lexicon accumulates citations and editorial decisions. Its page, edition and supplement matter. The Perseus edition of Liddell–Scott–Jones is a useful searchable Greek reference, but a search box does not replace reading the entry structure and checking the cited passage.
Modern-language examples on this page clarify a linguistic pattern. They do not establish unattested sounds or forms for an ancient language. Follow the cited sources below and keep editorial readings separate from the surviving trace.