ἔνιοι
Ἀδώνι' ἄγομεν καὶ τὸν Ἄδωνιν κλᾴομεν → We conduct the rites of Adonis, we weep for Adonis (Pherecrates, fr. 170)
English (LSJ)
αι, α,
A some; never in Ep., Lyr., or Att. Poets before Men., exc. Ar.Pl.867 (cf. however ἐνίοτε); first used in Ion. Prose, as Hdt.1.120, 8.56, Hp.Praec.6; πολλοὶ μὲν . . ἔνιοι δὲ . . Lys.25.19; ἔνιοι μὲν . . ἔνιοι δὲ . . Pl.Tht.151a, X.Mem.4.2.38; ἔνιοι μὲν . . οἱ δὲ . . Pl. Mx.238e; ἔνιοί τινες Isoc.15.258: later in sg., οὐ πᾶσα κίνησις θερμαίνει, ἀλλ' ἐνία ψύχει Arist.Pr.884b13, cf. Thphr.Vert.1; περὶ ψυχῆς ἐνίας θεωρῆσαι Arist.Metaph.1026a5: neut. pl. as Adv., συμμανῆναι ἔνια δεῖ Men.421; ἔστι καὶ ταὐτόματον ἔνια χρήσιμον Id.486.
German (Pape)
[Seite 844] αι, α, einige; Ar. Plut. 867; Hippocr.; Her. 8, 56; Thuc. u. Folgde; ἔνιαί τινες αὐτῶν Plat. Polit. 302 a; ἔνιοι μὲν – ἔνιοι δέ Theaet. 151 a Crat. 431 c; ἔνιοι μὲν – οἱ δέ Menex. 238 e. Selten im sing., wie Arist. probl. 5, 36. Es scheint nicht unmittelbar von εἷς, ἕν abgeleitet, sondern aus ἔστιν οἵ, ἔνι οἵ entstanden.
