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ἔνδιος

ἔνδιος, at midday, at noon

ἔνδιος, ον,
  • at midday, at noon (but ἔνδιον τὸ δειλινόν Plu. QConv. 2.726e), ἔνδιος δʼ ὁ γέρων ἦλθʼ Od. 4.450; ἔνδιοι ἱκόμεσθα Il. 11.726; ποιμένας ἐνδίους πεφυλαγμένος Theoc. 16.95; ἔνδῑον Κυνὸς ἄσθμα AP 10.12; ἄλκαρ ἴδεος ἐνδίοιο Call. Fr. 124; ἔνδῐον ἦμαρ ἔην A.R. 4.1312; but also ἐνδίοις· ὀρθρίνοις (ὀρθηνίοις cod.), Hsch.
      • 2 in the daytime, Arat. 498; ἔ. οἰνοπότης AP 7.703 (Myrin.).
      • 3 from the sky, ὕδωρ Arat. 954; hanging in mid-air, ἀκρεμόνες AP 9.71 (Antiphil.).
    • II Subst. ἔνδιον, τό, noon, ποτὶ τὤνδιον Call. Cer. 39 (also in masc., δείελος ἀλλʼ ἢ νὺξ ἢ ἔνδιος ἢ ἔσετʼ ἠώς Id. Hec. 1.4.1).
      • 2 evening, ἐς ἔνδῑον A.R. 1.603, cf. Plu. l.c. [ῑ Hom.; ῑ and ῐ later (v. supr.).] (From ἐν δῐϝῐ, cf. Skt. div- ‘daylight, sky’, Lat. diu ‘by day’.)

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