αἴθυια
καὶ ἤδη γε ἄπειμι παρὰ τὸν ἑταῖρον Κλεινίαν, ὅτι πυνθάνομαι χρόνου ἤδη ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι αὐτῷ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ταύτην νοσεῖν, ὅτι μὴ ῥεῖ. ὥστε οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἀναβαίνει αὐτήν, ἀλλ' ἄβατος καὶ ἀνήροτός ἐστιν → and now I depart for my companion, Cleinias since I have learned that for some time now his wife is unclean and she is ill because she does not flow, therefore he no longer sleeps with her but she is unavailable and untilled
English (LSJ)
ἡ, diving-bird, prob. A shearwater, Od.5.337, cf. Arist. HA 542b17, Call.Del.12, AP7.285 (Glauc.); ἰχθυβόλοι ib.6.23 (Zon.):— epithet of Athena, as protecting ships, Paus.1.5.3. II metaph., ship, Lyc.230.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αἴθυια: ἡ, θαλάσσιον πτηνόν, πιθανῶς εἶδος λάρου, Larus marinus, Ὀδ. Ε. 337· πρβλ. Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 5. 9, 1· αἴθ. ἰχθυβόλοι, Ἀνθ. Π. 6. 23, «αἴθιαι, ἐνάλιαι κορῶναι», Ἡσύχ. - Ἐπώνυμον τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ὡς προστάτιδος τῶν πλοίων, Παυσ. 1. 5, 3. ΙΙ. μεταφ. πλοῖον, Λυκόφρ. 230.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
1 mouette, oiseau ; ép. d’Athéna (protectrice des marins);
2 p. anal. vaisseau.
Étymologie: -.
English (Autenrieth)
Greek Monotonic
αἴθυια: ἡ, θαλασσοπούλι, πιθ. είδος γλάρου, σε Ομήρ. Οδ. (άγν. προέλ.).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
αἴθυια: ἡ зоол. морская чайка Hom., Arst.
Middle Liddell
a sea-bird, a gull or diver, Od. [Deriv. unknown.]