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|Definition=ἡ, Ep. gen. sg. and pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[εὐνῆφι]], [[εὐνῆφιν]] Od.2.2, al.:—[[bed]], εὐνῇ ἔνι μαλακῇ Il.9.618, etc.; ἔβη εἰς εὐνήν Od. 1.427, etc.; ὄρνυτ' ἄρ' ἐξ εὐνῆφιν Od.2.2, al.: in Cret. Prose, εὐνά ''Schwyzer'' 180.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[bedding]], distinct from [[λέχος]] (the [[bedstead]]), λέχος πόρσυνε καὶ εὐνήν Od.3.403; ἐκθεῖσαι πυκινὸν λέχος ἐμβάλετ' εὐνήν 23.179; cf. [[ἐνεύναιος]].<br><span class="bld">b</span> especially of soldiers in the field, Th.3.112, 4.32, 6.67, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 415e, A.''Ag.''559, E. ''Rh.''1 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">εὐναὶ νυμφάων</b> their [[abode]], Il.24.615; of animals, συφεοὺς δυοκαίδεκα ποίει… εὐνὰς συσί Od.14.14; [[lair]] of a [[deer]], 4.338, Il.11.115; [νεβρὸν] ἐξ εὐνῆφι θορόντα 15.580; [[form]] of a [[hare]], X.''Cyn.'' 6.16; [[nest]], S.''Ant.''425; <b class="b3">κριοῦ εὐναί</b>, a place in [[Colchis]] where the [[ram]] of [[Phrixus]] rested, A.R.4.116.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[marriage]] [[bed]], μεμνημένος οὔτε τι σίτου οὔτ' εὐνῆς Il.24.130; εὐνῆς ἐπιβήμεναι 9.133; ἐξ εὐνῆς ἀνστᾶσα 14.336; usually with some word added to denote this, ἔτλην ἀνέρος εὐνήν 18.433; ἀνδρὸς ἐν εὐνῇ ἤθελον εὐνηθῆναι Od.4.333; ἀπανήνασθαι θεοῦ εὐνήν 10.297; ἐμίγην φιλότητι καὶ εὐνῇ Il.3.445, etc.; ζαλωτὸν ὁμόφρονος εὐνᾶς Pi.''O.''7.6; εὐναῖς ἀνανδρώτοισι S.''Tr.''109 (lyr.); <b class="b3">εὐναὶ γαμήλιοι, νυμφίδιοι, κρύφιαι</b>, E.''Med.''1027, ''Alc.''886 (anap.), ''El.''720 (lyr.); without such a word, Διὸς εὐναί Pi.''P.''2.27; <b class="b3">ἄλλην τιν' εὐνὴν ἀντὶ σοῦ στέργει πόσις</b>; [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''907, cf. ''Hipp.''1011; of Pyrrha and Deucalion, ἄτερ εὐνᾶς κτισσάσθαν λίθινον γόνον Pi.''O.''9.44; ὅσιος ἀπ' εὐνᾶς E.''Ion'' 150 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> one's [[last]] [[bed]], the [[grave]], ἔνθα σ' ἔχουσιν εὐναί A. ''Ch.''318 (lyr.); εἰς εὐνὴν πατρός S.''El.''436; Ἄϊδος εὐνάς ''Epigr.Gr.''431 (Antioch.) (so some take <b class="b3">Τυφωέος εὐναί</b> in Il.2.783).<br><span class="bld">II</span> pl. [[εὐναί]], [[stone]]s thrown out from the [[prow]] and used as [[anchor]]s, ἐκ δ' εὐνὰς ἔβαλον, κατὰ δὲ πρυμνήσι' ἔδησαν Il.1.436, = Od.15.498; <b class="b3">ὕψι δ' ἐπ' εὐνάων ὁρμίσσομεν</b> we will let the ships ride at [[anchor]] in [[deep]] [[water]], Il.14.77; εὐνὰς δ' ἔνθ' ἔβαλον κατὰ βένθεος Q.S.12.346; even of iron anchors, Sch.Il.1.436.—Rare in early Prose, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.11.8: in plural, Th.Il.cc., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 321a, ''R.''415e, ''Plt.''272a.