αἰανής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. αἰηνής, ές, poet. word, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> δεῖπνον αἰηνές <span class="bibl">Archil.38</span>; <b class="b3">αἰανὴς κόρος, κέντρον, λιμός</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.83</span>, <span class="bibl">4.236</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">I.</span>1.49</span>: also in Trag. (not E.), Νυκτὸς αἰανῆ τέκνα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>416</span>; νυκτὸς αἰ. κύκλος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>672</span>; αἰ. νόσος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>479</span>,<span class="bibl">942</span> (lyr); αἰ. βάγματα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>636</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">αἰ. πάνδυρτον αὐδάν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">941</span> (lyr.); Πέλοπος… ἱππεία, ὡς ἔμολες αἰ. τᾷδε γᾷ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>506</span>; of Time, εἰς τὸν αἰ. χρόνον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>572</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).886.2 (Corcyra); [[eternal]], θεός Lyc.928. Adv. [[αἰανῶς]] [[for ever]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>672</span>:— αἰανός, Hsch., Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[λεύκη ἡμέρα]], and [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>416</span>,<span class="bibl">479</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>672</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>506</span>, is dub. (Prob. fr. [[αἰεί]], [[everiasting]], [[perpetual]], hence in bad sense, [[wearisome]], [[persistent]].) </span>