ἠίθεος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], contr. [[ᾔθεος]] (v.infr.), Dor. [[ᾄθεος]] Cerc.9.11, but Aeol. (?) [[ἠΐθεος]] Sapph. (v. infr.): ὁ:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[unmarried youth]] (ἠίθεον ἢ καὶ γεγαμηκότα ἄπαιδα Pl.''Lg.''877e), Sapph.''Supp.''20a.18 (pl.); παρθένος ἠ. τε joined, Il.22.127, al.; χοροὺς παρθένων τε καὶ ἠιθέων Hdt.3.48, cf. Plu. ''Thes.''15; including [[παρθένος|παρθένοι]], B.16 tit., cf. 43, al.; of the [[θεωροί]] sent to Delos, Arist.''Ath.''56.3; οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ᾔθεος E.''Ph.''945; of animals, [[unmated]], Pl.''Lg.''840d: later as adjective, παῖδες ἠίθεοι Plu.''Thes.''17; ἠϊθέοισιν ἐφήβοισιν ''IG''3.1151.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ἠίθεοι]], [[οἱ]], [[ghosts of those who die unmarried]], Tab.Defix.Aud.52.7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> rare as fem., [[ἠϊθέη]],= [[παρθένος]], Nic.''Fr.''74.64, ''AP''9.241 (Antip.&lt;Thess.&gt;); [[κόρη]] ᾔθεος Eup.332.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph. as adjective, [[νοῦς]] Porph.''Marc.''33. (<b class="b3">ἠιθ-</b> should be read as <b class="b3">ᾐθ-</b> in Prose.)