- ἑανός
- ἑᾱνός, ή, όν, [dialect] Ep. Adj. (never in Od.):—A fine, of fabrics and materials for wearing, ἑᾱνῷ λιτί with fine linen, Il.18.352, 23.254;
πέπλος ἑᾱνός 5.734
, 8.385; ἑᾱνοῦ κασσιτέροιο tin beaten out fine, 18.613;ἱμάτιον Sapph.
(?)122.II as Subst., [full] ἑᾰνός, ὁ, fine robe, once in nom.,ἀμφὶ δ' ἄρ' ἀμβρόσιος ἑᾰνὸς τρέμε Il.21.507
;νεκταρέου ἑᾰνοῦ 3.385
; ἑᾰνῷ ἀργῆτι φαεινῷ ib.419; ἀμβρόσιον ἑᾰνόν (acc.) 14.178;ἑᾰνῶν πτύχας ἱμεροέντων h.Cer.176
;λεπταλέῳ ἑᾰνῷ A.R.4.169
;ἑανοῖς χρυσειδέσι Hymn.Is.109
; also with the first syll. long,εἱᾰνοῦ ἁπτομένη Il.16.9
; cf. ἴανον.2 sail,λῦε ἑᾰνοῦ πτέρυγας Lyr.Alex.Adesp.20.9
. [Hom. always makes [pron. full] ᾱ in the Adj., [pron. full] ᾰ in the Subst.; but later poets use [pron. full] ᾱ or [pron. full] ᾰ, as suits the metre, as Orph.A.877, 1223.] (Cf. ἕννυμι (q.v.); the Subst. has the digamma, Il.14.178, 21.507, whereas the Adj. has not, 18.352, 613, 23.254.)
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