ἑανός
Κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → Death is better than a life of misery → Satius mori quam calamitose vivere → Der Tod ist besser als ein Leben in der Not
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, Ep. Adj. (never in Od.):—
A fine, of fabrics and materials for wearing, ἑᾱνῷ λιτί with fine linen, Il.18.352, 23.254; πέπλος ἑᾱνός 5.734, 8.385; ἑᾱνοῦ κασσιτέροιο tin beaten out fine, 18.613; ἱμάτιον Sapph.(?)122. II as Subst., ἑᾰνός, ὁ, fine robe, once in nom., ἀμφὶ δ' ἄρ' ἀμβρόσιος ἑᾰνὸς τρέμε Il.21.507; νεκταρέου ἑᾰνοῦ 3.385; ἑᾰνῷ ἀργῆτι φαεινῷ ib.419; ἀμβρόσιον ἑᾰνόν (acc.) 14.178; ἑᾰνῶν πτύχας ἱμεροέντων h.Cer.176; λεπταλέῳ ἑᾰνῷ A.R.4.169; ἑανοῖς χρυσειδέσι Hymn.Is.109; also with the first syll. long, εἱᾰνοῦ ἁπτομένη Il.16.9; cf. ἴανον. 2 sail, λῦε ἑᾰνοῦ πτέρυγας Lyr.Alex.Adesp.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 Orph.A.877, 1223.] (Cf. ἕννυμι (q.v.); the Subst. has the digamma, Il.14.178, 21.507, whereas the Adj. has not, 18.352, 613, 23.254.)
