ἠβαιός

ἠβαιός, ά, όν, Ion. (Cypr. acc. to AB 1095) for βαιός,

• small, usu. with neg. οὐδέ, οὔ οἱ ἔνι φρένες, οὐδʼ ἠβαιαί no sense is in him, no not the least, Il. 14.141, cf. Od. 21.288; οὔ οἱ ἔνι τρίχες, οὐδʼ ἠβαιαί no not even a few, 18.355; also ἠβαιὴν οὔτι κατὰ πρόφασιν Call. Fr. 540: rarely without neg., [πηλαμύδες] καὶ ἠβαιαί περ ἐοῦσαι Opp. H. 4.514.
• • II often in neut. as Adv., οὐδʼ ἠβαιόν not in the least, not at all, Il. 2.380, Od. 3.14, etc., cf. Phylarch. (?)84J.: rarely without a neg., ἠβαιὸν ἀπὸ σπείους a little from the cave, Od. 9.462.

ἠβαιός, ion. = βαιός (denn mit ἥβη ist es schwerlich verwandt), gering, klein ; Hom. gew. mit οὐδέ, z.B. οὔ οἱ ἔνι φρένες οὐδʼ ἠβαιαί, kein Verstand ist in ihm, auch nicht geringer, d.i. auch gar Nichts, Il. 14.141 ; Od. 21.288 ; οὔ οἱ ἔνι τρίχες οὐδʼ ἠβαιαί 18.354 ; das neutr. adverbial, οὐδʼ ἠβαιόν, auch nicht ein wenig, auch nicht im Geringsten, Il. 2.380, 386, 13.106, 702, 20.361, Od. 3.14 ; so sp.D., wie Phylarch. bei Ath. XIV.639d ; Ap.Rh. 2.635. Selten ohne Negation, ἐλθόντες δʼ ἠβαιὸν ἀπὸ σπείους, ein wenig von der Höhle, Od. 9.462 ; πηλαμύδες – καὶ ἠβαιαί περ ἐοῦσαι Opp. Hal. 4.514.

ἠβαιός

-ή, -όν.

• • 1

    Little, inconsiderable, of small worth, few in number: οὔ οἱ ἔνι τρίχες οὐδʼ ἠβαιαί Od. 18.355. Cf. Il. 14.141: Od. 21.288.

  • 2

    Absol. in neut. sing. ἠβαιόν

  • • a

      A little space, a short distance: ἐλθόντες ἠ. ἀπὸ σπείους Od. 9.462. Cf. Il. 13.702.

    • b

      For a short space of time, for a little: οὐκ ἀνάβλησις ἔσσεται οὐδʼ ἠ. Il. 2.380. Cf. Il. 2.386, Il. 13.106.

    • c

      A little, to a small or trifling extent: οὔ σε χρὴ αἰδοῦς οὐδʼ ἠ. Od. 3.14. Cf. Il. 20.361.

ἠβαιός (Att. βαιός): little, slight, usually w. neg., οὐδʼ οἱ ἔνι φρένες, οὐδʼ ἠβαιαί, ‘not the least,’ Il. 14.141, Od. 21.288, Od. 18.355.—Adv., ἠβαιόν, a little, Od. 9.462, elsewhere w. neg.

ἠβαιός, ά, όν Ionic for βαιός,

• little, small, poor, slight, with negat. οὐδέ, οὔ οἱ ἔνι φρένες, οὐδʼ ἠβαιαί no sense is in him, no not the least, Hom.; οὔ οἱ ἔνι τρίχες, οὐδʼ ἠβαιαί no not even a few, Od.:—neut. as adv., οὐδʼ ἠβαιόν not in the least, not at all, Lat. ne tantillum quidem, Hom.; rarely without a negat., ἠβαιὸν ἀπὸ σπείους a little from the cave, Od.