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εὐναῖος

εὐναῖος, of a (marriage) bed; of a nest, anchor

εὐναῖος, α, ον, (εὐνή)
  • in oneʼs bed or couch, εὐ. [λαγώς] a hare in its form, X. Cyn. 5.9; εὐ. [ἴχνη] traces of the form, ib. 7, cf. S. Fr. 174, Ichn. 226, Stratt. 3 (dub. l.).
      • 2 mostly of the marriage-bed, εὐ. δάμαρ, γαμέτας, A. Fr. 383, E. Supp. 1028 (lyr.); Κύπρις Id. Andr. 179; εὐ. γάμοι A. Supp. 332; ἄτα εὐ., of Helen, E. Andr. 104 (eleg.); λέχος Critias 2.6 D.; θάλαμοι BCH 29.412 (Callatis).
      • 3 keeping oneʼs bed, λύπᾳ εὐναία δέδεται ψυχά E. Hipp. 160 (lyr.); εὐ. πτέρυγες brooding, of a bird on the nest, AP 9.95 (Alph.).
      • 4 εὐναία, ἡ, a nest (v. sub καρφηρός); but εὐναῖα, τά, bed, is f.l. in Orph. L. 223.
      • 5 personified, Εὐναίη, ἡ, the Spirit of Repose, Emp. 123.1.
    • II (εὐνή II) of or for anchorage: hence, generally, steadying, guiding a ship, πηδάλια E. IT 432 (lyr.).
      • 2 as Subst., εὐναία, = εὐνή II, an anchor, λίθος εὐναίης A.R. 1.955: in pl., ib. 1277.

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