ἠώς

ἠώς, ἡ, gen. ἠοῦς: dat. ἠοῖ: acc. (ἠόα A.D. Pron. 88.5) ἠῶ, also ἠοῦν Hedyl. ap. Ath. 11.473a, AP 7.472 (Leon.); Ep. loc. ἠῶθι: never used (exc. by Gramm.) in the uncontr. forms, unless Ἀόος be read in Pi. N. 6.52:—Att. ἕως, gen. and acc. ἕω: Dor. ἀώς, ἀβώρ (qq. v.): Aeol. αὔως Sapph. 18, gen. αὔως Epigr.Gr. 992 (Balbilla), acc. αὔων Sapph. Oxy. 1787 Fr. 1 + 2.18: Boeot. ἄας· ἐς αὔριον, Hsch.:—

• dawn, ἦμος δʼ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς Od. 2.1; light of day, ὅσον τʼ ἐπικίδναται ἠ. Il. 7.451, etc.; esp. morning as a time of day, opp. μέσον ἦμαρ, δείλη, 21.111, etc.: gen. ἠοῦς at morn, early, 8.470, 525: acc. ἠῶ the morning long, Od. 2.434; στάντα πρὸς πρώτην ἕω S. OC 477; ἐξ ἠοῦς μέχρι δείλης ὀψίης Hdt. 7.167; ἐξ ἠοῦς εἰς ἠοῦν Hedyl. l.c.; ἠοῦν ἐξ ἠοῦς AP l.c.; ἅμα ἠοῑ with, i.e. at, daybreak, Hdt. 7.219; Att. ἅμα ἕῳ or ἅμα τῇ ἕῳ, Th. 2.90, 4.72; πρὸ τῆς ἕω ib. 31; Ep. ἠῶθι πρό Il. 11.50, Od. 5.469, 6.36; ἐπὶ τὴν ἕω Th. 2.84; εἰς τὴν ἐπιοῦσαν ἕω X. An. 1.7.1; ἐς ἀῶ to-morrow, Theoc. 18.14.
• • • 2 day, Il. 1.493, al., Od. 19.192, Theoc. 12.1, Call. Aet. 1.1.1 [Fr. 178.1 Pf.]; ἠ. δέ μοί ἐστιν ἥδε δυωδεκάτη, ὅτε. . Il. 21.80; κατήϊεν ἐς δύσιν ἠ. Musae. 110; μεσάτη ἠ. Orph. A. 649.
    • 3 life, Q.S. 10.431; φῶς λίπες ἠοῦς IG 14.1853.
    • 4 the East, πρὸς ἠῶ τʼ ἠέλιόν τε Il. 12.239 (South acc. to Str. 10.2.12); ἀπὸ ἠοῦς πρὸς ἑσπέρην Hdt. 2.8; τὰ πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ ibid.; τὰ πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα Id. 4.40, cf. Pl. Lg. 760d, etc.; πρὸς ἕω τῆς πόλεως, τοῦ ποταμοῦ, to the East of . ., X. HG 5.4.49, Plu. Luc. 27; πρὸ ἠοῦς τοῦ βωμοῦ IG 7.235.45 (Oropus, iv B.C.).
  • II pr. n., Ἠώς the goddess of dawn, Il. 11.1, Hes. Th. 372, 378, etc. (Cf. Skt. uṣá̄s ‘dawn’, Lat. aurora, etc.)

ἠώς, dor. ἀώς, äol. αὔως, att. ἕως (s. oben), gen. ἠοῦς usw., die Morgenröte, Curtius Grundz. d. Griech. Etymol. 2 Aufl. S. 358 ; bei Hom. personifiziert (vgl. nom. pr.), wie in dem häufig vorkommenden Verse ἦμος δʼ ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς ; vgl. ἠὼς διέφαινε Her. 8.83 ; – ἅμα τῇ ἠοῖ, mit Tagesanbruch, Plat. Hipp. min. 371b. Auch der Morgen als Tageszeit, ἔσσεται ἢ ἠώς, ἢ δείλη, ἢ μέσον ἦμαρ Il. 21.111 ; ἐξ ἠοῦς ἀρξάμενοι μέχρι δείλης ὀψίης Her. 7.167, wie Plat. defin. 411a ; ἐξ ἠοῦς εἰς νύκτα καὶ ἐκ νυκτῶν εἰς ἠοῦν (wo die Form des accus. zu bemerken) Hedyl. bei Ath. XI.473a ; ἠοῦν ἐξ ἠοῦς Leon.Tar. 70 (VII.472.13); ἠῶ, den ganzen Morgen hindurch, Od. 2.434, wo Nitzsch zu vgl. Die Griechen zählten die Tage nach Morgenröten, ἀλλʼ ὅτε δή ῥʼ ἐκ τοῖο δυωδεκάτη γένετʼ ἠώς Il. 1.493, τῷ δʼ ἤδη δεκάτη ἢ ἑνδεκάτη πέλεν ἠώς Od. 19.192 ; ἠὼς δέ μοί ἐστιν ἥδε δυωδεκάτη, ὅτε Il. 21.80. Auch = das Tageslicht, τοῦ δʼ ἤτοι κλέος ἔσται ὅσον τʼ ἐπικίδναται ἠώς, Il. 7.45, 458 ; so bes. bei sp.D., φέγγος ἀναστείλασα κατήϊεν ἐς δύσιν ἠώς Mus. 109, 288, μεσάτη ἠώς Orph. Arg. 652 ; = das Leben, Qu.Sm. 10.431. – Als Himmelsgegend, Morgen, Osten, τῆς ὁδοῦ ἀπὸ ἠοῦς πρὸς ἑσπέρην Her. 2.8 ; Sp., wie Pol. 4.70.8.

ἠώς

-οῦς, ἡ

(ἠϝώς)

[ἀϝοσ-. Cf. ἠέριος.]

Dat. ἠοῖ (ἠόι)̈ Il. 7.331, Il. 11.685, Il. 13.794, Il. 24.600, etc.: Od. 4.407, Od. 12.24, Od. 14.266, Od. 16.2, etc.

Acc. ἠῶ (ἠόα) Il. 5.267, Il. 8.565, Il. 9.240, Il. 18.255, etc.: Od. 2.434, Od. 7.288, Od. 16.368, Od. 23.243, etc.

Locative ἠῶθι Il. 11.50: Od. 5.469, Od. 6.36.

• • 1

    Dawn, the dawn, the daybreak: ἅμʼ ἠοῖ Il. 7.331, Il. 9.618, 682, Il. 11.685, Il. 24.600, ὅσον τʼ ἐπικίδναται ἠ. Il. 7.451, 458, ἠῶθι πρό (in front of the dawn, with the dawn) Il. 11.50: Od. 5.469, Od. 6.36. Cf. Il. 5.267, Il. 7.433, Il. 8.1, 508, Il. 10.251, Il. 23.227, Il. 24.12, 695: Od. 4.194, 407, Od. 6.31, Od. 7.222, Od. 12.24, Od. 14.266 = Od. 17.435, Od. 15.50, 396, Od. 16.2, 270.

  • 2

    A dawning or morning considered as a space of time: ὄφρʼ ἠ. ἦν Il. 8.66 = Il. 11.84, ἠοῦς ὄψεαι (in the morning) Il. 8.470, τὸν

    [μῦθον] ἠοῦς (the morrow’s) 525. Cf. Il. 21.111: νηῦς ἠῶ πεῖρε κέλευθον (through the morning) Od. 2.434. Cf. Od. 7.288, Od. 9.56.

  • 3

    A morning considered as a point or unit of time or as one of a series: δυωδεκάτη Il. 1.493 = Il. 24.31, Il. 21.80, Il. 24.413. Cf. Il. 13.794, Il. 21.156, Il. 24.781, 785: Od. 19.192, 571.

  • 4

    The quarter of the dawn, the east: πρὸς ἠῶ τʼ ἠέλιόν τε Il. 12.239: Od. 9.26, Od. 13.240. Cf. Od. 10.190.

  • 5

    The dawn personified: ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠ. Il. 1.477 = Il. 24.788, Il. 6.175, Il. 9.707, Il. 23.109, Ἠ. ἐκ λεχέων ὄρνυτο Il. 11.1. Cf. Il. 2.48, Il. 8.565, Il. 9.240, 662, Il. 11.723, Il. 18.255, Il. 19.1, Il. 24.417: Ἠοῦς υἱός Od. 4.188. Cf. Od. 2.1, Od. 5.1, 121, 390, Od. 6.48, Od. 9.151, Od. 10.541, Od. 12.3, Od. 23.243, etc.

ἠώς , ἠοῦς, ἠοῖ, ἠῶ: dawn, morning, Il. 21.111; for day, Il. 24.31; east, Od. 9.26.— Ἠώς, Eos (Aurora), consort of Tithōnus, cf., however, Od. 5.121, Od. 15.250. Mother of Memnon, Od. 4.188; her abode, Od. 12.3, Il. 11.1, Il. 19.1, Od. 22.197. Epithets, ἠριγένεια, ῥοδοδάκτυλος, δῖα, ἐύθρονος, κροκόπεπλος, χρῡσόθρονος.

ἠώς Aeolic ἄυως, i. e. ἄϝως, not αὔως

• • Ithe morning red, daybreak, dawn, Hom., Hdt., etc.:— morning as a time of day, opp. to μέσον ἦμαρ and δείλη, Il.; gen. ἠοῦς at morn, early, Il.; ἠῶ the morning long, Od.:— ἐξ ἠοῦς μέχρι δείλης ὀψίης Hdt.:— ἅμα ἠοῖ at daybreak, Hdt.; ἅμʼ ἕῳ or ἅμα τῇ ἕῳ Thuc.; Epic ἠῶθι πρό Hom.; ἐς ἀῶ to-morrow, Theocr.
  • • 2since the Greeks counted their days by mornings, ἠώς often denoted a day, Hom.
  • IIthe East, Hom.; ἀπὸ ἠοῦς πρὸς ἑσπέρην Hdt., etc.
  • IIIas prop. n. Ἠώς, Aurora, the goddess of morn, who rises out of her ocean-bed, Il., Eur.