αἰών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῶνος, ὁ, Ion. and Ep. also ἡ, as in Pi.''P.''4.186, E.''Ph.''1484: apocop. acc. [[αἰῶ]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> like [[Ποσειδῶ]], restored by Ahrens (from ''AB''363) in A.''Ch.''350: (properly [[αἰϝών]], cf. [[aevum]], v. [[αἰεί]]):—[[period of existence]] (τὸ τέλος τὸ περιέχον τὸν τῆς ἑκάστου ζωῆς χρόνον… αἰὼν ἑκάστου κέκληται Arist.''Cael.''279a25):<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[lifetime]], [[life]], ψυχή τε καὶ αἰών Il.16.453; ἐκ δ' αἰ. πέφαται Il.19.27; μηδέ τοι αἰ. φθινέτω Od.5.160; λείπει τινά Il.5.685; [[ἀπ' αἰῶνος νέος ὤλεο]] = [[you perished young]] (Zenod. [[νέον]]) 24.725; τελευτᾶν τὸν αἰῶνα Hdt.1.32, etc.; αἰῶνος στερεῖν τινά A.''Pr.''862; αἰῶνα διοιχνεῖν Id.''Eu.''315; συνδιατρίβειν Cratin. 1; αἰ. [[Αἰακιδᾶν]], [[periphrasis]] for the [[Aeacidae]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''645 [[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]; ἀπέπνευσεν αἰῶνα E.''Fr.''801; ἐμὸν κατ' αἰῶνα A.''Th.''219.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[aeon]], [[eon]], [[epoch]], [[age]], [[generation]], [[αἰῶνα ἐς τρίτον]] ib.744; [[ὁ μέλλων αἰών]] [[posterity]], D.18.199, cf. Pl.''Ax.''370c.<br><span class="bld">3</span> one's [[life]], [[destiny]], [[lot]], S.''Tr.''34, E.''Andr.''1215, ''Fr.''30, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[long space of time]], [[age]], [[αἰὼν γίγνεται]] = 'tis an [[age]], Men.536.5; esp. with Preps., [[ἀπ' αἰῶνος]] [[of old]], Hes.''Th.''609, ''Ev.Luc.''1.70; οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰ. Ῥωμαῖοι D.C. 63.20; [[δι' αἰῶνος]] [[perpetually]], A.''Ch.''26, ''Eu.''563; [[all one's life long]], S. ''El.''1024; [[δι' αἰῶνος μακροῦ]], [[ἀπαύστου]], A.''Supp.''582,574; [[τὸν δι' αἰῶνος χρόνον]] = [[for ever]], Id.''Ag.''554; [[εἰς ἅπαντα τὸν αἰῶνα]] Lycurg.106, Isoc.10.62; [[εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα]] [[LXX]] ''Ge.''3.23, al., D.S.21.17, ''Ev.Jo.''8.35, Ps.-Luc. ''Philopatr.''17; εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος [[LXX]] ''Ps.''131(132).14; [[ἐξ αἰῶνος καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος]] ib.''Je.''7.7; [[ἐπ' αἰῶνος]] ib.''Ex.''15.18; [[ἕως αἰῶνος]] ib.''1 Ki.''1.22, al.:—without a Prep., [[τὸν ἅπαντα αἰῶνα]] = [[throughout all eternity]] Arist. ''Cael.''279a22; τὸν αἰῶνα Lycurg. 62, Epicur.''Ep.''1p.8U.; [[eternity]], opp. [[χρόνος]], Pl.''Ti.''37d, cf. Metrod. ''Fr.''37, Ph.1.496,619, Plot.3.7.5, etc.; τοὺς ὑπὲρ τοῦ αἰῶνος φόβους Epicur.''Sent.''20.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[space of time]] clearly defined and marked out, [[epoch]], [[age]], [[ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος]] this present [[world]], opp. ὁ [[μέλλων]], ''Ev.Matt.''13.22, cf. ''Ep.Rom.''12.2; [[ὁ νῦν αἰών]] 1 Ep.Tim.6.17, ''2 Ep.Tim''.4.10:—hence in plural, [[the ages]], i.e. [[eternity]], Phld.''D.''3 ''Fr.''84; εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας [[LXX]] ''To.''13.4; [[εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας]] ib.''Si.''45.24, al., ''Ep.Rom.''1.25, etc.; [[εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων]] [[LXX]] ''4 Ma.''18.24, ''Ep.Phil.''4.20, etc.; [[ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων]], [[πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων]], ''Ep.Eph.''3.9, ''1''''Cor.''2.7; [[τὰ τέλη τῶν αἰώνων]] ib.10.11.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[Αἰών]], ὁ, personified, Αἰὼν Χρόνου παῖς E.''Heracl.''900 (lyr.), cf. ''Corp.Herm.''11, etc.; as title of various divine beings, Dam.''Pr.''151, al.; esp.= [[Persian]] Zervan, Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[Ἡραΐσκος]] [http://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-cgi-bin/search.cgi?search_method=QUERY&login=&enlogin=&searchstr=eta,450&field=adlerhw_gr&db=REAL 1].<br><span class="bld">4</span> Pythag., = 10, ''Theol.Ar.''59.<br><span class="bld">B</span> [[spinal marrow]] (perhaps regarded as seat of life), h.Merc 42, 119, Pi.''Fr.''111, Hp.''Epid.''7.122; perhaps also Il.19.27.