spring, spring, spring, prime, flower, fresh and bright, the first down, the freshest, brightest
spring, ἔαρος δʼ ἐπιγίγνεται ὥρῃ Il. 6.148; ἔαρος νέον ἱσταμένοιο early spring, Od. 19.519; ἔαρι πολεῖν Hes. Op. 462; ἅμα τῷ ἔαρι at the beginning of spring, Hdt. 5.31, cf. Th. 4.117, 6.8; πρὸς ἔαρ Id. 5.56, etc.; πρὸς τὸ ἔ. ib. 17; περὶ τὸ ἔ. Id. 3.116; ἐξ ἦρος εἰς Ἀρκτοῦρον S. OT 1137: prov., μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ Cratin. 33; also of the prime, flower of anything, ἔφηβοι . . ἔ. τοῦ δήμου Demad. Fr. 4S., cf. Hdt. 7.162, Arist. Rh. 1411a3; ἔ. ὁρόωσα looking fresh and bright, Theoc. 13.45; γεν