The corpus record

ἠεροειδής

eeroeides

misty, cloudy, dark

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Where it lives

Theogony 3 · 4.36/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Odyssey 15 · 1.73/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

misty, cloudy, dark, in the far distance, dimly

misty, cloudy, dark (esp. in Od.), ἐπʼ ἠεροειδέα πόντον Od. 2.263, etc.; σπέος ἠ. 12.80, cf. 13.103; πέτρη, of Scylla’s cave, 12.233: neut. as Adv., in the far distance, dimly, ὅσσον δʼ ἠεροειδὲς ἀνὴρ ἴδεν Il. 5.770: ἠ. νεφέλη Hes. Th. 757; πνοιαί Orph. H. 38.22.—Ep. word, ἠ. αὐγαί Arist. Col. 792b8: Comp., ὕδωρ πάντων -έστερον Arr. Ind. 6.3.

In the wild

ἠεροειδέι · ēeroeidei Theogony 240–262
ἠεροειδεῖ · ēeroeidei Theogony 757
ἠεροειδέα · ēeroeidea Theogony 873–874
ἠεροειδέα · ēeroeidea Works and Days 618–621
ἠεροειδέα · ēeroeidea Iliad 23.744
ἠεροειδὲς · ēeroeides Iliad 5.770

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Where it came from

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