1. ἀϊτᾶς · aitas — Beekes
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ἀΐτας
aitas
eromenos
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What it meant
2. ἀΐτας · aitas — Chantraine
3. ἀΐτας · aitas — LSJ
a beloved youth, answering to εἰσπνήλας or εἴσπνηλος (the lover), Ar. Fr. 738 (fort. Eratosth.), Theoc. 12.14 (αἴτης, said to be a Thessalian word), cj. in 23.63; generally, lover, Χρύσας (sc. Ἀθανᾶς ) δʼ ἀΐτας Dosiad. Ara 5, cf. Lyc. 461:—fem. ἀῖτις Hdn.Gr. 1.105, 2.296, cf. Alcm. 125.
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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