The corpus record

ἠερόεις

eeroeis

cloudy, murky

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Where it lives

Theogony 9 · 13.07/10k
Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k
Iliad 5 · 0.45/10k

What it meant — LSJ

cloudy, murky, the murky, livid

cloudy, murky, Τάρταρος Il. 8.13, al., cf. Hes. Th. 119; ζόφος Il. 15.191, etc.; ἠερόεντα κέλευθα the murky road (i.e. death), Od. 20.64; later ἠ. ἴασπις D.P. 724; μόλυβδος Man. 6.391; livid, χροιή Nic. Th. 257.

epith. of ὄναγρος,= ταχύς, acc. to Sch., Opp. C. 3.183.

In the wild

ἠερόεντα · ēeroenta Theogony 116–122
ἠερόεντι · ēeroenti Theogony 289–294
ἠερόεντος · ēeroentos Theogony 649–653
ἠερόεντος · ēeroentos Theogony 658–660
ἠερόεντα · ēeroenta Theogony 678–683
ἠερόεντα · ēeroenta Theogony 721

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἠερόεις (scan p. 558; entry #2426).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἠερόεις (scan p. 421; entry #2965).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἠερόεις (scan p. 656; entry #2306).

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