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ἐαρινός

earinos

of spring, spring-time, of spring

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Where it lives

Works and Days 3 · 5.2/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. ἐᾰρῐνός · earinos

of spring, spring-time, of spring, apricots, in spring-time

of spring, εἰαρινὴ ὥρη spring-time, Il. 16.643, cf. Plb. 3.34.6; εἰαρινὰ ἄνθεα Il. 2.89; πλόος εἰαρινός Hes. Op. 678; θάλπος ἐαρινόν the heat of spring, X. Cyr. 8.6.22; ἄνεμος ἠρινός Sol. 13.19; ἠρινὰ φύλλα Pi. P. 9.46; λειμῶνος ἠρινοῦ στάχυν E. Supp. 448; ἐ. πυλαία IG 9(1).111 (Elatea); τροπαί Ph. 2.163; μῆλα ἐ. apricots, PCair.Zen. 33.13 (iii B.C.):—neut. as Adv., in spring-time, μέλισσα λειμῶνʼ ἠρινὸν διέρχεται E. Hipp. 77 (s.v.l., ἐαρινή Sch.); γῆ ἠρινὸν θάλλουσα Id. Fr. 316.3: ἠρινὰ κελαδεῖ

2. ἠᾰρινός · ēarinos

In the wild

ἐαρινοί · earinoi Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 73)
εἰαρινοῖς · eiarinois Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.6 (DIORISIS sentence 747)
εἰαρινοῖσιν · eiarinoisin Theogony 278–279
εἰαρινὸς · eiarinos Works and Days 678
εἰαρινὸς · eiarinos Works and Days 682
εἰαρινοῖσιν · eiarinoisin Works and Days 74–76

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