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ἑανός

eanos

fine, fine, beaten out fine

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 9 · 0.81/10k

What it meant — LSJ

fine, fine, beaten out fine

fine, of fabrics and materials for wearing, ἑᾱνῷ λιτί with fine linen, Il. 18.352, 23.254; πέπλος ἑᾱνός 5.734, 8.385; ἑᾱνοῦ κασσιτέροιο tin beaten out fine, 18.613; ἱμάτιον Sapph. (?)122.

II fine robe

as Subst., ἑᾰνός, ὁ, fine robe, once in nom., ἀμφὶ δʼ ἄρʼ ἀμβρόσιος ἑᾰνὸς τρέμε Il. 21.507; νεκταρέου ἑᾰνοῦ 3.385; ἑᾰνῷ ἀργῆτι φαεινῷ ib. 419; ἀμβρόσιον ἑᾰνόν (acc.) 14.178; ἑᾰνῶν πτύχας ἱμεροέντων h.Cer. 176; λεπταλέῳ ἑᾰνῷ A.R. 4.169; ἑανοῖς χρυσειδέσι Hymn.Is. 109; also with the first syll. long, εἱᾰνοῦ ἁπτομένη Il. 16.9; cf. ἴανον.

2 sail

sail, λῦε ἑᾰνοῦ πτέρυγας Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 20.9. [Hom. always makes ᾱ in the Adj., ᾰ in the Subst.; but later poets use ᾱ or ᾰ, as suits the metre, as Orph. A. 877, 1223.] (Cf. ἕννυμι (q.v.); the Subst. has the digamma, Il. 14.178, 21.507, whereas the Adj. has not, 18.352, 613, 23.254.)

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἑανός (scan p. 322; entry #2210).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἑανός (scan p. 464; entry #1694).

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