The corpus record

αἶθοψ

aithops

fiery-looking

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Where it lives

Works and Days 3 · 5.2/10k
Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Iliad 22 · 1.97/10k
Odyssey 14 · 1.61/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k

What it meant

αἶθοψ · aithops — LSJ

fiery-looking, flashing, sparkling, ‘fiery’, mixed with flame

fiery-looking, in Hom. as epith. of metal, flashing, αἴθοπι χαλκῷ Il. 4.495, etc.; and of wine, sparkling (or ‘fiery’, cf. Epigr. ap. Luc. Dips. 6), αἴθοπα οἶνον 4.259, etc.; once of smoke, mixed with flame (cf. αἴθαλος), Od. 10.152; αἶ. φλογμός, λαμπάς, E. Supp. 1019, Ba. 594 (both lyr.).

2 black

black, Opp. H. 1.133, etc.; αἴθοπι κισσῷ App.Anth. 3.166 (Procl.).

II fiery, keen

metaph., fiery, keen, λιμός Hes. Op. 363; μῶμος Tim. Pers. 223; δίψη Nonn. D. 15.7; βασκανίη AP 5.217 (Agath.).

In the wild

αἴθοπα · aithopa Euripides, Bacchae 594
αἴθοπι · aithopi Euripides, Suppliants 1 (DIORISIS sentence 581)
αἴθοπι · aithopi Shield of Heracles 135–138
αἴθοπα · aithopa Works and Days 363
αἴθοπα · aithopa Works and Days 592–596
αἴθοπα · aithopa Works and Days 724–725

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Where it came from

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