αἶα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ἡ, Ep. form used for [[γαῖα]] metri gr., <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> φυσίζοος αἶα <span class="bibl">Il.3.243</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Emp.27</span>, <span class="title">Scol.</span>12, <span class="bibl">A.R.1.580</span>, <span class="title">Tab.Defix.</span>7; also in Trag., chiefly in lyr., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>59</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>95</span>, also in trim., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>51</span>: never in pl. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[Αἶα]], [[ἡ]], orig. name of Colchis, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>914</span>: also part of Thessaly, ib.<span class="bibl">915</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">αἶα</span> (B) <b class="b3">ὑπὸ Κυρηναίων τηθὶς καὶ μαῖα, καὶ ἀδελφὴ Κρήτης· καὶ φυτόν τι. ἔτι δὲ ὁ καρπὸς αὐτῷ ὁμώνυμος</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>27.24</span>. (Possibly cogn. with Lat. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[avia]].) </span><br /><span class="bld">αἶα</span> (C), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[ὄα]], <span class="bibl">Ael.Dion.<span class="title">Fr.</span>16</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=<br />epic [[form]] used for [[γαῖα]] metri grat., Hom., Trag.; [[never]] in pl.