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Revision as of 01:45, 15 March 2016
See also: Ἠώς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἕως (héōs) — Attic
- αὔως (aúōs) — Aeolic
- ἀώς (aṓs) — Doric
- ἄας (áas) — Boeotian
- ἀβώρ (abṓr) — Laconian
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *āhwōs = *ᾱϝ̔ως (*āhwōs), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”), which was also personified as a goddess of dawn in Proto-Indo-European religion, corresponding to Ancient Greek goddess Ἠώς (Ēṓs). Cognates include Latin Aurora/aurora, Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn; Ushas”) and possibly Old English Ēostre and Old Armenian այգ (ayg), առաւաւտ (aṙawawt).
Pronunciation
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Noun
ἠώς • (ēṓs) f (genitive ἠοῦς); third declension
- The morning red, daybreak, dawn
- A dawning considered as a length of time
- (accusative, ἠῶ) through the morning
- A morning as a unit of time: day
- The direction of dawn, the East
Usage notes
Epic locative is ἠῶθι (ēôthi).
Inflection
References
- “ἠώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἠώς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek terms with quotations
- grc:Times of day