- αἴθων
- αἴθων, ωνος, ὁ, ἡ, ([etym.] αἴθω)A fiery, burning,
κεραυνός Pi.O.10(11).83
; of fiery smoke, P.1.23.II of burnished metal, flashing, glittering,σίδηρος Il.4.485
, Od.1.184, S.Aj.147 (lyr.);χαλκός B.12.50
; λέβητες, τρίποδες, Il.9.123, 24.233.III of animals or birds,ἵπποι Il. 2.839
;αἰετός 15.690
;βόες Od.18.372
;ἀλώπηξ Pi.O.11
(10).20; δορά, of a boar, B.5.124; prob. of colour, red-brown, tawny, since sleek, shining, or fiery, fierce do not suit all cases (but αἴ. θῆρες fierce, Pl.R. 559d); pr. n. of horse, Il.8.185.IV metaph. of men, hot, fiery, S.Aj.221 (lyr.), 1088, Hermipp.46; αἴθων λῆμα fiery in spirit, A.Th. 448; λιμὸς αἴθων prob. in Hes.Op.363, Epigr. ap. Aeschin.3.184, Call. Cer.68. (The forms αἴθονα, αἴθονος have been corrupted into αἴθοπα, αἴθοπος, Hes. Op. l.c., S.Aj.221.)
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