ἕωλος
English (LSJ)
ον (prob. from ἕως (A), ἠώς),
A a day old, kept till the morrow, stale, of bread, Hp.Aff.52, Antyll. ap. Orib.4.11.2; of meat and fish, ἕωλοι κείμενοι δύ' ἡμέρας ἢ τρεῖς Antiph.161.6; αὔριον ἕωλον τοῦτ' ἔχων [τὸ τέμαχος] Axionic.6.15; πρόσφατον καὶ νέον ὕδωρ τὸ ὑόμενον, ἕ. δὲ καὶ παλαιὸντὸ λιμναῖον Arist.Fr.215; ἕ. νεκρός Luc.Cat.18; ἕ. ἡμέρα the day after a feast, esp. after a wedding, when the scraps were eaten, Axionic.8.6; ἕ. θρυαλλίς a stinking wick (after the lamp has been blown out), Luc.Tim.2. 2 of actions, etc., stale, out of date, τἀδικήμαθ' ἕ. . . ὡς ὑμᾶς καὶ ψύχρ' ἀφικνεῖται D.21.112; ῥαψῳδίαι, πράγματα, Plu.2.514c, 674 f; ἕωλόν ἐστι τὸ λέγειν ib. 777b, cf.Luc.Pseudol.5; δόξα J.BJ4.6.2 (Comp.); σοφισμάτια Porph.Abst.1.3; old-fashioned, φιλοτιμία prob. in Phld.D.1.1; later, of legal instruments, out-ofdate, expired, γράμμα PSI5.452.22 (iv A. D.), cf. PLond.1.77.60 (vi A. D.); of payments, in arrear, Sammelb.1093.3, 1090.5 (ii A. D.). 3 of money, lying without use, hoarded, Philetaer.7.7. 4 of persons, coming a day too late, Plu.Nic.21<*>; of things, belated, προθυμία Procop.Goth.4.23. 5 on the day after a debauch, i. e. suffering from its effects, Plu.2.128d; ἕ. ταῖς μνήμαις ib.611f.