ζείδωρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[zea-giving]] (<span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>18.82</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>410.6</span>), as [[epithet]] of the earth, ζείδωρος ἄρουρα <span class="bibl">Il.2.548</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>173</span>; ζ. ἀρδμός <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>26.185</span>: c. gen., ζ. ὀπώρης ἀχράς <span class="title">AP</span>9.4 (Cyllen.): also in late Prose, <span class="bibl">Hld.9.22</span> (<b class="b3">ζε (ϝ) έ-δωρος</b>, cf. [[ζέα]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> some authors derived it from [[ζάω]],= [[βιόδωρος]] (so expld. by Hsch.), [[life-giving]], Ἀφροδίτη <span class="bibl">Emp.151</span>; Ἠέλιος <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>12.23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">22.276</span>. ζείζιν, [[mamma]], Gloss.</span>