ἠβαιός

ebaios

small

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἠβαιός, ά, όν, Ion. (Cypr. acc. to AB 1095) for βαιός, A. small, usu. with neg. οὐδέ, οὔ οἱ ἔνι φρένες, οὐδʼ ἠβαιαί no sense is in him, no not the least, Il. 14.141, cf. Od. 21.288; οὔ οἱ ἔνι τρίχες, οὐδʼ ἠβαιαί no not even a few, 18.355; also ἠβαιὴν οὔτι κατὰ πρόφασιν Call. Fr. 540: rarely without neg., [πηλαμύδες] καὶ ἠβαιαί περ ἐοῦσαι Opp. H. 4.514. II. often in neut. as Adv., οὐδʼ ἠβαιόν not in the least, not at all, Il. 2.380, Od. 3.14, etc., cf. Phylarch.(?)84J.: rarely without a neg., ἠβαιὸν ἀπὸ σπείους a little from the cave, Od. 9.462.
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