ἔαρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), τό, Hom. (only gen. [[ἔαρος]]), etc.; contr. [[ἦρ]] Alcm.76: gen., dat., [[ἦρος]], [[ἦρι]], Lyr. (Alc.45), Att., and prob. Ion., cf. Hdt.1.77, Hp. ''Epid.''1.1 (but [[ἔαρος]] is found in codd. of Hdt.5.31, 7.162, al., Hp.l.c.): ''poet.'' gen., dat., [[εἴαρος]], [[εἴαρι]] (metri gr.), Alcm.26, ''h.Cer.''174 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[ἤαρος]]), and later Poets (whence was formed late nom.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[εἶαρ]] Numen. ap.Ath.9.371e, Ter.Maur.653); cf. Hdn.Gr.1.408 (Hes. used [[ἔαρ]] as a monos., and [[ἔαρι]] as a [[trochee]], ''Op.''492,462):—[[spring]], ἔαρος δ' ἐπιγίγνεται ὥρῃ Il.6.148; <b class="b3">ἔαρος νέον ἱσταμένοιο</b> [[early]] [[spring]], Od.19.519; ἔαρι πολεῖν Hes.''Op.''462; <b class="b3">ἅμα τῷ ἔαρι</b> at the [[beginning]] of [[spring]], Hdt.5.31, cf. Th.4.117, 6.8; πρὸς ἔαρ Id.5.56, etc.; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸ ἔαρ</b> ib.17; <b class="b3">περὶ τὸ ἔαρ</b> Id.3.116; ἐξ ἦρος εἰς Ἀρκτοῦρον S.''OT''1137: [[proverb|prov.]], [[μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ]] = one [[swallow]] does not make a [[spring]] Cratin.33; also of the [[prime]], [[flower]] of anything, ἔφηβοι.. ἔαρ τοῦ δήμου Demad.''Fr.''4S., cf. Hdt.7.162, Arist.''Rh.''1411a3; <b class="b3">ἔαρ ὁρόωσα</b> [[looking]] [[fresh]] and [[bright]], Theoc.13.45; <b class="b3">γενύων ἔαρ</b> [[the first down]] on a youth's face, ''AP''6.242 (Crin.); <b class="b3">ὕμνων ἔαρ</b> the [[freshest]], [[brightest]] of their kind, ib.7.12; <b class="b3">τὸ ἔαρ τῶν πτερῶν</b>, of a [[peacock]], Luc. ''Dom.''11. (ϝεςṛ-, cf. [[γέαρ]], γίαρ[ες], Lat. [[ver]], Skt. vasantas, Lith. vasara '[[summer]]'.)<br /><br />(B) or [[εἶαρ]] ([[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] [[ἦαρ]], [[ἴαρα]]), τό, in Alex. Poets,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[blood]], λύθρῳ τε καὶ εἴαρι πεπλήθασι Call.Fr.anon.20; Αἰακίδαο εἴαρος Euph.39.3; τὸ δ' ἐκ μέλαν εἶαρ ἔλαπτεν Call.''Fr.''247, cf. Nic.''Al.''314, Opp.''H.''2.618; cf. [[εἰαροπότης]], [[εἰαροπῶτις]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[juice]], εἶαρ ἐλαίης Nic.''Al.''87; ἐκ λύχνου πῖον ἔλειξαν ἔαρ Call.''Fr.''201. (Cypr. acc. to [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; identified with [[ἔαρ]] [[spring]], by ''EM''307.44, Suid.; cf. Skt. ásṛk, gen. asnás, Lett. asinis '[[blood]]'.)