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ἐαρινός

earinos

of spring

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐαρινός, ή, όν, Ep. εἰαρινός (also ἠαρινός h.Cer. 401, PPetr. 3p.152 (iii B. C.)); in other Poets, ἠρινός:—A. of spring, εἰαρινὴ ὥρη springtime, Il. 16.643, cf. Plb. 3.34.6; εἰαρινὰ ἄνθεα Il. 2.89; πλόος εἰαρινός Hes. Op. 678; θάλπος ἐαρινόν the heat of spring, X. Cyr. 8.6.22; ἄνεμος ἠρινός Sol. 13.19; ἠρινὰ φύλλα Pi. P. 9.46; λειμῶνος ἠρινοῦ στάχυν E. Supp. 448; ἐ. πυλαία IG 9(1).111 (Elatea); τροπαί Ph. 2.163; μῆλα ἐ. apricots, PCair.Zen. 33.13 (iii B.C.):—neut. as Adv., in spring-time, μέλισσα λειμῶνʼ ἠρινὸν διέρχεται E. Hipp. 77 (s.v.l., ἐαρινή Sch.); γῆ ἠρινὸν θάλλουσα Id. Fr. 316.3: ἠρινὰ κελαδεῖν, of the swallow, Ar. Pax 800 (lyr.). Adv. ἐαρινῶς Hsch. s.v. ἦρις ὡς.
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