ἔαρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), τό, Hom. (only gen. <b class="b3">ἔαρος</b>), etc.; contr. ἦρ <span class="bibl">Alcm.76</span>: gen., dat., <b class="b3">ἦρος, ἦρι</b>, Lyr. (<span class="bibl">Alc.45</span>), Att., and prob. Ion., cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.77</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Epid.</span>1.1</span> (but <b class="b3">ἔαρος</b> is found in codd. of <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.31</span>, <span class="bibl">7.162</span>, al., Hp.l.c.): poet. gen., dat., <b class="b3">εἴαρος, εἴαρι</b> (metri gr.), <span class="bibl">Alcm.26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>174</span> (nisi leg. <b class="b3">ἤαρος</b>), and later Poets (whence was formed late nom. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> εἶαρ Numen. ap.<span class="bibl">Ath.9.371e</span>, Ter.Maur.653); cf. Hdn.Gr.1.408 (Hes. used <b class="b3">ἔαρ</b> as a monos., and <b class="b3">ἔαρι</b> as a trochee, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Op.</span>492</span>,<span class="bibl">462</span>):—[[spring]], ἔαρος δ' ἐπιγίγνεται ὥρῃ <span class="bibl">Il.6.148</span>; <b class="b3">ἔαρος νέον ἱσταμένοιο</b> early [[spring]], <span class="bibl">Od.19.519</span>; ἔαρι πολεῖν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>462</span>; <b class="b3">ἅμα τῷ ἔαρι</b> at the beginning of [[spring]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.31</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.117</span>, <span class="bibl">6.8</span>; πρὸς ἔαρ <span class="bibl">Id.5.56</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸ ἔ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">17</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ τὸ ἔ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.3.116</span>; ἐξ ἦρος εἰς Ἀρκτοῦρον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1137</span>: prov., μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ <span class="bibl">Cratin.33</span>; also of the [[prime]], [[flower]] of anything, ἔφηβοι . . ἔ. τοῦ δήμου <span class="bibl">Demad.<span class="title">Fr.</span>4S.</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.162</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1411a3</span>; <b class="b3">ἔ. ὁρόωσα</b> looking <b class="b2">fresh and bright</b>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.13.45</span>; <b class="b3">γενύων ἔ</b>. <b class="b2">the first down</b> on a youth's face, <span class="title">AP</span>6.242 (Crin.); <b class="b3">ὕμνων ἔ</b>. <b class="b2">the freshest, brightest</b> of their kind, ib.<span class="bibl">7.12</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἔ. τῶν πτερῶν</b>, of a peacock, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Dom.</span>11</span>. (ϝεςṛ-, cf. <b class="b3">γέαρ, γίαρ[ες</b>], Lat. [[vēr]], Skt. [[vasantas]], Lith. [[vasara]] 'summer'.)</span><br /><span class="bld">ἔᾰρ</span> (B) or εἶᾰρ (Hsch. ἦαρ, ἴαρα), τό, in Alex. Poets, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[blood]], λύθρῳ τε καὶ εἴαρι πεπλήθασι Call.<b class="b2">Fr.anon</b>.<span class="bibl">20</span>; Αἰακίδαο εἴαρος <span class="bibl">Euph.39.3</span>; τὸ δ' ἐκ μέλαν εἶαρ ἔλαπτεν <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>247</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>314</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>2.618</span>; cf. <b class="b3">εἰαροπότης, εἰαροπῶτις</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[juice]], εἶαρ ἐλαίης <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>87</span>; ἐκ λύχνου πῖον ἔλειξαν ἔαρ <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>201</span>. (Cypr. acc. to Hsch.; identified with <b class="b3">ἔαρ</b> [[spring]], by <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>307.44</span>, Suid.; cf. Skt. [[ásṛk]], gen. [[asnás]], Lett. [[asinis]] 'blood'.)</span>