εὐνή

English (LSJ)

ἡ, Ep. gen. sg. and pl.

   A εὐνῆφι, -φιν Od.2.2, al.:—bed, εὐνῇ ἔνι μαλακῇ Il.9.618, etc.; ἔβη εἰς εὐνήν Od. 1.427, etc.; ὄρνυτ' ἄρ' ἐξ εὐνῆφιν Od.2.2, al.: in Cret. Prose, εὐνά Schwyzer 180.    2 bedding, dist.fr. λέχος (the bedstead), λέχος πόρσυνε καὶ εὐνήν Od.3.403; ἐκθεῖσαι πυκινὸν λέχος ἐμβάλετ' εὐνήν 23.179; cf. ἐνεύναιος.    b esp. of soldiers in the field, Th.3.112, 4.32, 6.67, Pl.R.415e, A.Ag.559, E. Rh.1 (anap.).    3 εὐναὶ νυμφάων their abode, Il.24.615; of animals, συφεοὺς δυοκαίδεκα ποίει . . εὐνὰς συσί Od.14.14; lair of a deer, 4.338, Il.11.115; [νεβρὸν] ἐξ εὐνῆφι θορόντα 15.580; form of a hare, X.Cyn. 6.16; nest, S.Ant.425; κριοῦ εὐναί, a place in Colchis where the ram of Phrixus rested, A.R.4.116.    4 marriage-bed, μεμνημένος οὔτε τι σίτου οὔτ' εὐνῆς Il.24.130; εὐνῆς ἐπιβήμεναι 9.133; ἐξ εὐνῆς ἀνστᾶσα 14.336; usu. with some word added to denote this, ἔτλην ἀνέρος εὐνήν 18.433; ἀνδρὸς ἐν εὐνῇ ἤθελον εὐνηθῆναι Od.4.333; ἀπανήνασθαι θεοῦ εὐνήν 10.297; ἐμίγην φιλότητι καὶ εὐνῇ Il.3.445, etc.; ζαλωτὸν ὁμόφρονος εὐνᾶς Pi.O.7.6; εὐναῖς ἀνανδρώτοισι S.Tr.109 (lyr.); εὐναὶ γαμήλιοι, νυμφίδιοι, κρύφιαι, E.Med.1027, Alc.886 (anap.), El.720 (lyr.); without such a word, Διὸς εὐναί Pi.P.2.27; ἄλλην τιν' εὐνὴν ἀντὶ σοῦ στέργει πόσις; E.Andr.907, cf. Hipp.1011; of Pyrrha and Deucalion, ἄτερ εὐνᾶς κτισσάσθαν λίθινον γόνον Pi.O.9.44; ὅσιος ἀπ' εὐνᾶς E.Ion 150 (lyr.).    5 one's last bed, the grave, ἔνθα σ' ἔχουσιν εὐναί A. Ch.318 (lyr.); εἰς εὐνὴν πατρός S.El.436; Ἄϊδος εὐνάς Epigr.Gr.431 (Antioch.) (so some take Τυφωέος εὐναί in Il.2.783).    II pl. εὐναί, stones thrown out from the prow and used as anchors, ἐκ δ' εὐνὰς ἔβαλον, κατὰ δὲ πρυμνήσι' ἔδησαν Il.1.436, = Od.15.498; ὕψι δ' ἐπ' εὐνάων ὁρμίσσομεν we will let the ships ride at anchor in deep water, Il.14.77; εὐνὰς δ' ἔνθ' ἔβαλον κατὰ βένθεος Q.S.12.346; even of iron anchors, Sch.Il.1.436.—Rare in early Prose, X.Mem.3.11.8: in pl., Th.Il.cc., Pl.Prt.321a, R.415e, Plt.272a.