- ἠίθεος
- ἠίθεος [pron. full] [ῐ], [var] contr. [full] ᾔθεος (v.infr.), [dialect] Dor. [full] ᾄθεος Cerc.9.11, but [dialect] Aeol. (?) [full] ἠΐθεος Sapph. (v. infr.): ὁ:—A unmarried youth (
ἠίθεον ἢ καὶ γεγαμηκότα ἄπαιδα Pl.Lg.877e
), Sapph.Supp.20a.18 (pl.); παρθένος ἠ. τε joined, Il.22.127, al.;χοροὺς παρθένων τε καὶ ἠιθέων Hdt.3.48
, cf. Plu. Thes.15; including παρθένοι, B.16 tit., cf. 43, al.; of the θεωροί sent to Delos, Arist.Ath.56.3;οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ᾔθεος E.Ph.945
; of animals, unmated, Pl.Lg.840d: later as Adj.,παῖδες ἠίθεοι Plu.Thes.17
;ἠϊθέοισιν ἐφήβοισιν IG3.1151
.2 ἠίθεοι, οἱ, ghosts of those who die unmarried, Tab.Defix.Aud.52.7.II rare as fem., ἠϊθέη,= παρθένος, Nic.Fr.74.64, AP9.241 (Antip.<Thess.>);κόρη ᾔθεος Eup.332
.III metaph. as Adj.,νοῦς Porph.Marc.33
. (ἠιθ- shd. be read as ᾐθ- in Prose.)
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