ἠιών

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χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἠιών: Ἀττ. ᾐών, Δωρ. ἀιών, ᾀών, όνος, ἡ - ἀκτὴ τῆς θαλάσσης, ἀκτή, ὅθι κύματ’ ἐπ’ ἠιόνος κλύζεσκον Ἰλ. Ψ. 61· ἀμφὶ δέ τ’ ἄκραι ἠιόνες βοόωσιν Ρ. 264 (ἴδε ἐν λ. παραπλήξ)· ἐν... ἠιόνεσσι καθίζων (Ἐπ. δοτ.) Ὀδ. Ε. 156· - ὡσαύτως, Ἡρόδ. 2. 113., 8. 96, Πίνδ., Τραγ., καὶ παρὰ Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 1. 1, 5· 2) μεθ’ Ὅμηρον, ἐπὶ ἄλλων ἀκτῶν, οἷον ἐπὶ ὄχθης λίμνης, Πίνδ. Ι. 1. 46· ἐπὶ ποταμοῦ (πρβλ. ἠιόεις), Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1158, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Β. 659., Δ. 130, Διον. Ἁλ. 4. 27. 3) μεταφ., «τὰ ὑποκάτω τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν διὰ τὸ φέρεσθαι κατ’ αὐτῶν τὰ δάκρυα» Ἡσύχ.

English (Autenrieth)

όνος: sea-bank, shore, Il. 12.31, Od. 6.138.