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αἴθων

aithon · ὁ

fiery, burning

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αἴθων · aithōn — LSJ

fiery, burning, fiery

fiery, burning, κεραυνός Pi. O. 10(11).83; of fiery smoke, P. 1.23.

II flashing, glittering

of burnished metal, flashing, glittering, σίδηρος Il. 4.485, Od. 1.184, S. Aj. 147 (lyr.); χαλκός B. 12.50; λέβητες, τρίποδες, Il. 9.123, 24.233.

III red-brown, tawny, sleek, shining, fiery, fierce, fierce

of animals or birds, ἵπποι Il. 2.839; αἰετός 15.690; βόες Od. 18.372; ἀλώπηξ Pi. O. 11 (10).20; δορά, of a boar, B. 5.124; prob. of colour, red-brown, tawny, since sleek, shining, or fiery, fierce do not suit all cases (but αἴ. θῆρες fierce, Pl. R. 559d); pr. n. of horse, Il. 8.185.

IV hot, fiery, fiery

metaph. of men, hot, fiery, S. Aj. 221 (lyr.), 1088, Hermipp. 46; αἴθων λῆμα fiery in spirit, A. Th. 448; λιμὸς αἴθων prob. in Hes. Op. 363, Epigr. ap. Aeschin. 3.184, Call. Cer. 68. (The forms αἴθονα, αἴθονος have been corrupted into αἴθοπα, αἴθοπος, Hes. Op. l.c., S. Aj. 221.)

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