ἑανός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, Ep. Adj. (never in Od.):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fine]], of fabrics and materials for wearing, <b class="b3">ἑᾱνῷ λιτί</b> with [[fine]] linen, <span class="bibl">Il.18.352</span>, <span class="bibl">23.254</span>; πέπλος ἑᾱνός <span class="bibl">5.734</span>, <span class="bibl">8.385</span>; <b class="b3">ἑᾱνοῦ κασσιτέροιο</b> tin [[beaten out fine]], <span class="bibl">18.613</span>; ἱμάτιον Sapph.(?)122. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]], ἑᾰνός, ὁ, [[fine robe]], once in nom., ἀμφὶ δ' ἄρ' ἀμβρόσιος ἑᾰνὸς τρέμε <span class="bibl">Il.21.507</span>; νεκταρέου ἑᾰνοῦ <span class="bibl">3.385</span>; <b class="b3">ἑᾰνῷ ἀργῆτι φαεινῷ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">419</span>; <b class="b3">ἀμβρόσιον ἑᾰνόν</b> (acc.) <span class="bibl">14.178</span>; ἑᾰνῶν πτύχας ἱμεροέντων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>176</span>; λεπταλέῳ ἑᾰνῷ <span class="bibl">A.R.4.169</span>; ἑανοῖς χρυσειδέσι <span class="title">Hymn.Is.</span>109; also with the first [[syllable]] long, εἱᾰνοῦ ἁπτομένη <span class="bibl">Il.16.9</span>; cf. [[ἴανον]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[sail]], λῦε ἑᾰνοῦ πτέρυγας <span class="title">Lyr.Alex.Adesp.</span>20.9. [Hom. always makes ᾱ in the Adj., ᾰ in the Subst.; but later poets use ᾱ or ᾰ, as suits the metre, as <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>877</span>, <span class="bibl">1223</span>.] (Cf. [[ἕννυμι]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]); the Subst. has the digamma, <span class="bibl">Il.14.178</span>, <span class="bibl">21.507</span>, whereas the Adj. has not, <span class="bibl">18.352</span>, <span class="bibl">613</span>, <span class="bibl">23.254</span>.)</span>