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ἠιόεις

eioeis

haunting the shore

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Where it lives

Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

haunting the shore

Ep. word of doubtful meaning, ἐπʼ ἠϊόεντι Σκαμάνδρῳ Il. 5.36; perh. connected by later poets with ἠϊών, hence ἠ. Πάνορμος Q.S. 1.283; κόλλουρος haunting the shore, Marc.Sid. 22: but perh. also with ἤϊα (A), χήνεσιν ἠϊόεν πεδίον κάτα βοσκομένοισιν Q.S. 5.299; derived from ἴον by EM 423.14.

In the wild

ἠϊόεντι · ēioenti Iliad 5.36

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἠιόεις (scan p. 559; entry #2435).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἠιόεις (scan p. 422; entry #2974).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἠιόεις (scan pp. 658-659; entry #2313).

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