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ἀετός

aetos

insatiable, greedy

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What it meant

1. ἄητος · aētos — Beekes

ἄητος [adj.] in θάρσος dntov (Φ 395), mg. uncertain. eVAR Cf. also θάρσος Gatov (Q. S. 1, 217). Also ἄητοι: ἀκόρεστοι, ἄπληστοι ‘insatiable, greedy’; ἀήτους: μεγάλας. Αἰσχύλος Ἀθάμαντι ‘great (Aesch.)’ (H.), ἄητος: ὁ ἀκατάπαυστος ‘incessant’ (Hdn. Gr. 1, 220). *ETYM The first explanation connects the word with ἄμεναι, » doat ‘to satiate’, but this would mean that it differs from Gatoc, τος by its long … — [Beekes, s.v. ἄητος, p. 75]

2. ἄητος · aētos — Chantraine

ἄητος : aussi αἴητος ; deux adjectifs attestés chacun une fois chez Homère, d'origine et de sens inconnus, mais que l'on croit être deux formes d'un même mot : Π. 21,395 θάρσος ἄητον ἔχουσα ; 11. 18,410, en parlant . d'Héphaistos πέλωρ αἴητον. Il n'est pas certain que les deux mots soient identiques comme le pensent généralement les Anciens. S'ils le sont, ou bien ἄητος est phonétiquement issu de αἴητος, ou bien … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἄητος, p. 41]

3. ἄητος · aētos — Frisk

ἄητος in ϑάρσος ἄητον ᾧ 395 (. ἄᾶτον Q.S.1, 217). Vgl.H. ἄητοι" ἀκόρεστοι, ἄπληστοι, ἀήτους" μεγάλας. Hdn. Gr. 1,220 äntos‘ 6 ἀκατάπαυστος. Die Erklärung durch ἀκόρεστοι, ἄπληστοι läßt auf Assoziation mit duevau, ἄσαι schließen; von ἄατος, ärog unterscheidet sich ἄητος somit durch die (sekundäre?) Verlängerung des Vokals. Vgl. auch αἴητος. — [Frisk, s.v. ἄητος, p. 57]

4. ἄητος · aētos — Frisk

ἄητος. Risch Lex. Ep. vermutet Zusammenhang mit ἄημι. — Zu ἄητος, αἴητος, ἀήτης noch Sabbadini Riv. di studi class. 15 (1967) 78-84 (Referat der Diskussion). ῷ 4 — [Frisk, s.v. ἄητος, p. 2145]

5. ἀετός · aetos — LSJ

eagle

eagle, as a bird of omen, αἰ. τελειότατον πετεηνῶν Il. 8.247, cf. 12.201, Od. 2.146 (cf. II): favourite of Zeus, ὅστε σοὶ αὐτῷ φίλτατος οἰωνῶν Il. 24.310, cf. Pi. P. 1.6; Διὸς . . πτηνὸς κύων, δαφοινὸς αἰ. A. Pr. 1022, cf. Ag. 136; ὁ σκηπτροβάμων αἰ., κύων Διός S. Fr. 885:—prov., αἰετὸς ἐν ποτανοῖς Pi. N. 3.80; αἰετὸς ἐν νεφέλαισι, of a thing quite out of reach, Ar. Av. 987; ἀετὸν κάνθαρος μαιεύσομαι (v. μαιεύομαι):—the diff. kinds are distinguished by specific names, Arist. HA 618b18sqq.

2 eagle as a standard

eagle as a standard, of the Persians, X. Cyr. 7.1.4; of the Romans, Plu. Mar. 23, etc.

3 Aquila

the constellation Aquila, Arat. 591, Ptol. Tetr. 27, etc.

II omen

omen, Theoc. 26.31.

III eagle-ray, Myliobatis aquila

eagle-ray, Myliobatis aquila, Arist. HA 540b18.

IV gable, pediment, come under the same roof

in Architecture, gable, pediment (from its resemblance to outspread wings, Gal. 18(1).519), Ar. Av. 1110, ubi v. Sch., IG 1.322 ii 80, cf. Pi. O. 13.21, Fr. 53, E. Fr. 764; ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτὸν ἀετὸν ὑπελθεῖν come under the same roof, IG 14.644 (Bruttii, iii B.C.).

V bandage

name of bandage, Sor. Fasc. 12.508C.

VI temporal vein

temporal vein (Magna Graecia), Philistion ap. Ruf. Onom. 201.

VII iron part of spoke of wheel

iron part of spoke of wheel, Poll. 1.145, Hsch.

VIII

Astrol. and Magic, fabulous plant growing in Libya, Pamphil. ap. Gal. 11.798, Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.222. (αἰετός in early Att. Inscrr., IG 1.322ii80, 2.1054.39; αἰητός Arat. 522, v.l. in Pi. P. 4.4; αἰβετός (i.e. αἰϝετός) Hsch.) [ᾱ always.]

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