ἠίθεος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], contr. ᾔθεος (v.infr.), Dor. ᾄθεος <span class="bibl">Cerc.9.11</span>, but Aeol. (?) ἠΐθεος Sapph. (v. infr.): ὁ:—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[unmarried youth]] (ἠίθεον ἢ καὶ γεγαμηκότα ἄπαιδα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>877e</span>), <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>20a</span>.<span class="bibl">18</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">παρθένος ἠ. τε</b> joined, <span class="bibl">Il.22.127</span>, al.; χοροὺς παρθένων τε καὶ ἠιθέων <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.48</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Thes.</span>15</span>; including [[παρθένοι]], B.16 tit., cf. 43, al.; of the [[θεωροί]] sent to Delos, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>56.3</span>; οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ᾔθεος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>945</span>; of animals, [[unmated]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>840d</span>: later as Adj., παῖδες ἠίθεοι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Thes.</span>17</span>; ἠϊθέοισιν ἐφήβοισιν <span class="title">IG</span>3.1151. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἠίθεοι, οἱ</b>, [[ghosts of those who die unmarried]], Tab.Defix.Aud.52.7. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> rare as fem., [[ἠϊθέη]],= [[παρθένος]], Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>74.64, <span class="title">AP</span>9.241 (Antip.&lt;Thess.&gt;); κόρη ᾔθεος <span class="bibl">Eup.332</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> metaph. as Adj., νοῦς <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Marc.</span>33</span>. (<b class="b3">ἠιθ-</b> shd. be read as <b class="b3">ᾐθ-</b> in Prose.)</span>