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ἠβαιός

ebaios

“wenig, klein’, in d

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 6 · 0.54/10k
  • Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. ἥβαιός · hēbaios

ἥβαιός “wenig, klein’, in d. Il. nur mit Negation οὐδ᾽ ἠβαιόν “nicht einmal ein wenig’ (5 mal), οὐδ᾽ ἠβαιαί (Z 141), später auch ohne Negation (ε 462, Opp.). — Nach einer ansprechenden Vermutung von Leumann Hom. Wörter 50 (ähnlich schon Fick 1, 397 u. A.; 5. Bg) durch falsche Worttrennung aus οὐ δὴ βαιόν (allenfalls οὐδὲ βαιόν) entstanden. Die Annahme eines Präfixes ἡ- (Brugmann Grundr.? 2, 2,817, Prellwitz Glotta … — [Frisk, s.v. ἥβαιός, p. 651]

2. ἠβαιός · ēbaios

small, the least, a few

small, usu. with neg. οὐδέ, οὔ οἱ ἔνι φρένες, οὐδʼ ἠβαιαί no sense is in him, no not the least, Il. 14.141, cf. Od. 21.288; οὔ οἱ ἔνι τρίχες, οὐδʼ ἠβαιαί no not even a few, 18.355; also ἠβαιὴν οὔτι κατὰ πρόφασιν Call. Fr. 540: rarely without neg., [πηλαμύδες] καὶ ἠβαιαί περ ἐοῦσαι Opp. H. 4.514.

II in the least, at all, a little

often in neut. as Adv., οὐδʼ ἠβαιόν not in the least, not at all, Il. 2.380, Od. 3.14, etc., cf. Phylarch. (?)84J.: rarely without a neg., ἠβαιὸν ἀπὸ σπείους a little from the cave, Od. 9.462.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἠβαιός (scan pp. 651-652; entry #2293).

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