ἠεροειδής

eeroeides

like the sky

Appears 17 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἠεροειδής, ές, Ion.and Ep. for ἀερ-, which is not found, A. misty, cloudy, dark (esp. in Od.), ἐπʼ ἠεροειδέα πόντον Od. 2.263, etc.; σπέος ἠ. 12.80, cf. 13.103; πέτρη, of Scylla’s cave, 12.233: neut. as Adv., in the far distance, dimly, ὅσσον δʼ ἠεροειδὲς ἀνὴρ ἴδεν Il. 5.770: ἠ. νεφέλη Hes. Th. 757; πνοιαί Orph. H. 38.22.—Ep. word, ἠ. αὐγαί Arist. Col. 792b8: Comp., ὕδωρ πάντων -έστερον Arr. Ind. 6.3.
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