The corpus record

ἠθεῖος

etheios

trusty, honoured

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Iliad 5 · 0.45/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

ἠθεῖος · ētheios — LSJ

trusty, honoured, trusty friends

trusty, honoured, term of address used to express respect, ἠθεῖε Il. 6.518, al., Hes. Sc. 103: periphr., ἠθείη κεφαλή Il. 23.94; ἀλλά μιν ἠθεῖον καλέω Od. 14.147; ξεῖνον ἐμὸν ἠθαῖον Pi. I. 2.48; ἠθαῖοι trusty friends, Antim. 22. (Cf. ἦθος.)

In the wild

ἠθεῖʼ · ētheiʼ Shield of Heracles 103–105
ἠθεῖε · ētheie Iliad 10.37
ἠθεῖʼ · ētheiʼ Iliad 22.229
ἠθεῖʼ · ētheiʼ Iliad 22.239
ἠθείη · ētheiē Iliad 23.94
ἠθεῖʼ · ētheiʼ Iliad 6.518

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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