1. ἤϊον · ēion
II
Ion. impf. of ἀΐω, read by Zenod. for ἔκλυον, Od. 2.42.
III
v. ἤϊα (A) fin.
The corpus record
ἠιών
eion
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Where it lives
- Ars Poetica 2 · 1.98/10k
- Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
- Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
- Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
- Iliad 9 · 0.81/10k
- Odyssey 4 · 0.46/10k
- Histories 3 · 0.16/10k
- Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
What it meant — LSJ
2. ἠϊών · ēiōn
shore, beach
shore, beach, ὅθι κύματʼ ἐπʼ ἠϊόνος κλύζεσκον Il. 23.61; ἀμφὶ δέ τʼ ἄκραι ἠϊόνες βοόωσιν 17.265; ἂμ πέτρῃσι καὶ ἠϊόνεσσι καθίζων (Ep. dat.) Od. 5.156, cf. Hdt. 2.113, 8.96, E. Tr. 827 (lyr.), X. HG 1.1.5, Sotion p.191 W., D.C. 59.25.
2 banks
after Hom., in pl., of other banks, as of a lake, Pi. I. 1.33; of a river, A. Ag. l.c., A.R. 2.659, 4.130, D.H. 4.27.
3 lower part of the face
metaph., of the lower part of the face, over which the tears flow, Hsch. (pl.): sg., = πᾶσα ἡ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν περιγραφή, Poll. 2.71.
In the wild
- ἀϊόνας · aionas Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1158–1159
- ἠϊόνες · ēiones Aristotle, Ars Poetica 22
- ἠϊόνες · ēiones Aristotle, Ars Poetica 22
- ᾐόσιν · ēiosin Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 674)
- ἠιόνες · ēiones Euripides, Trojan Women 2 (DIORISIS sentence 434)
- ἠιόνος · ēionos Herodotus, Histories 2.113.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2319)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἠιών (scan p. 559; entry #2437).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἠιών (scan p. 422; entry #2975).