αἰετός
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
ὁ, v. sub ἀετός.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αἰετός: ὁ, ἴδε ἐν λ. ἀετός.
French (Bailly abrégé)
poét. c. ἀετός.
English (Autenrieth)
eagle; the ‘bird of Jove,’ and ‘most perfect’ bird of omen, Il. 24.310 f., Il. 8.247.
English (Slater)
αἰετός (-ός, -οῦ, -όν; -οί, -ῶν)
1 eagle
a lit., εὕδει δ' ἀνὰ σκάπτῳ Διὸς αἰετός (P. 1.6) θεός, ὃ καὶ πτερόεντ' αἰετὸν κίχε (P. 2.50) χρυσέων Διὸς αἰετῶν πάρεδρος ἱέρεα (P. 4.4) θάρσος τε τανύπτερος ἐν ὄρνιξιν αἰετὸς ἔπλετο (sc. Ἀρκεσίλας.) (P. 5.112) ἔστι δ' αἰετὸς ὠκὺς ἐν ποτανοῖς (N. 3.80) καὶ πέραν πόντοιο πάλλοντ' αἰετοί (N. 5.21) ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῤόμβον ἴσχει (I. 4.47) πέμψεν θεὸς ἀρχὸν οἰωνῶν μέγαν αἰετόν (I. 6.50)
b pediment = ἀέτωμα, cf. (O. 13.21) χρύσεαι δ' ἕξ ὑπὲρ αἰετοῦ ἄειδον Κηληδόνες (v. 1. ἀετοῦ. of the third temple of Apollo at Delphi.) (Pae. 8.70)
c test. v. ὀμφαλός fr. 54.