αἰών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῶνος, ὁ, Ion. and Ep. also ἡ, as in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.186</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1484</span>: apocop. acc. <b class="b3">αἰῶ</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> like [[Ποσειδῶ]], restored by Ahrens (from <span class="title">AB</span>363) in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>350</span>: (properly <b class="b3">αἰϝών</b>, cf. <b class="b2">aevum</b>, v. [[αἰεί]]):—<b class="b2">period of existence</b> (τὸ τέλος τὸ περιέχον τὸν τῆς ἑκάστου ζωῆς χρόνον . . αἰὼν ἑκάστου κέκληται <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>279a25</span>): </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">lifetime, life</b>, ψυχή τε καὶ αἰών <span class="bibl">Il.16.453</span>; ἐκ δ' αἰ. πέφαται <span class="bibl">Il.19.27</span>; μηδέ τοι αἰ. φθινέτω <span class="bibl">Od.5.160</span>; λείπει τινά <span class="bibl">Il.5.685</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπ' αἰῶνος νέος ὤλεο</b> (Zenod. <b class="b3">νέον</b>) <span class="bibl">24.725</span>; τελευτᾶν τὸν αἰῶνα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>, etc.; αἰῶνος στερεῖν τινά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>862</span>; αἰῶνα διοιχνεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>315</span>; συνδιατρίβειν <span class="bibl">Cratin. 1</span>; <b class="b3">αἰ. Αἰακιδᾶν</b>, periphr. for <b class="b2">the Aeacidae</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>645</span> s. v. l.; ἀπέπνευσεν αἰῶνα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>801</span>; ἐμὸν κατ' αἰῶνα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>219</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">age, generation</b>, <b class="b3">αἰ. ἐς τρίτον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">744</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ μέλλων αἰών</b> <b class="b2">posterity</b>, <span class="bibl">D.18.199</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>370c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">one's life, destiny, lot</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>34</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1215</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>30</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">long space of time, age</b>, <b class="b3">αἰὼν γίγνεται</b> 'tis <b class="b2">an age</b>, <span class="bibl">Men.536.5</span>; esp. with Preps., <b class="b3">ἀπ' αἰῶνος</b> <b class="b2">of old</b>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>609</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>1.70</span>; οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰ. Ῥωμαῖοι <span class="bibl">D.C. 63.20</span>; <b class="b3">δι' αἰῶνος</b> <b class="b2">perpetually</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>563</span>; <b class="b2">all one's life long</b>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">El.</span>1024</span>; <b class="b3">δι' αἰῶνος μακροῦ, ἀπαύστου</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>582</span>,<span class="bibl">574</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν δι' αἰ. χρόνον</b> <b class="b2">for ever</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>554</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἅπαντα τὸν αἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">Lycurg.106</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.10.62</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τὸν αἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>3.23</span>, al., <span class="bibl">D.S.21.17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>8.35</span>, Ps.-Luc. <span class="title">Philopatr.</span>17; εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>131(132).14</span>; <b class="b3">ἐξ αἰῶνος καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Je.</span>7.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' αἰ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ex.</span>15.18</span>; <b class="b3">ἕως αἰῶνος</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ki.</span>1.22</span>, al.:— without a Prep., <b class="b3">τὸν ἅπαντα αἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Cael.</span>279a22</span>; τὸν αἰῶνα <span class="bibl">Lycurg. 62</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.8U.</span>; <b class="b2">eternity</b>, opp. <b class="b3">χρόνος</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>37d</span>, cf. Metrod. <span class="title">Fr.</span>37, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.496</span>,<span class="bibl">619</span>, <span class="bibl">Plot.3.7.5</span>, etc.; τοὺς ὑπὲρ τοῦ αἰῶνος φόβους <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.</span>20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">space of time</b> clearly defined and marked out, <b class="b2">epoch, age</b>, <b class="b3">ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος</b> this present <b class="b2">world</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ὁ μέλλων</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>13.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>12.2</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ νῦν αἰ</b>. <b class="b2">1 Ep.Tim</b>.<span class="bibl">6.17</span>, <b class="b2">2 Ep.Tim</b>.<span class="bibl">4.10</span>:—hence in pl., <b class="b2">the ages</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">eternity</b>, Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>3 <span class="title">Fr.</span>84; εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰ. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">To.</span>13.4</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τοὺς αἰ</b>.ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Si.</span>45.24</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>1.25</span>, etc.; εἰς τοὺς αἰ. τῶν αἰώνων <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ma.</span>18.24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Phil.</span>4.20</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τῶν αἰ., πρὸ τῶν αἰ</b>., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Eph.</span>3.9</span>, <span class="bibl">1</span><span class="title">Cor.</span>2.7; <b class="b3">τὰ τέλη τῶν αἰ</b>. ib.10.11. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">Αἰών, ὁ</b>, personified, Αἰὼν Χρόνου παῖς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>900</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="title">Corp.Herm.</span>11, etc.; as title of various divine beings, <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>151</span>, al.; esp.=Persian Zervan, Suid. s.v. [[Ἡρασκος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Pythag., = <span class="bibl">10</span>, <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>59. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> <b class="b2">spinal marrow</b> (perh. regarded as seat of <b class="b2">life), h.Merc</b> 42, 119, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>111</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.122</span>; perh. also <span class="bibl">Il.19.27</span>.</span>