ἠριγένεια
erigeneia
early-born, child of morn
Appears 28 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἠριγένεια, ἡ, (ἦρι, γενέσθαι) A. early-born, child of morn, epith. of Ἠώς, Od. 4.195, etc.: also abs.,= Ἠώς, 22.197, 23.347; καθαρᾶς ἅπερ ἠριγενείας as at clear morn, 24.39; γενέθλιον ἠριγένειαν a birthday morning, AP 9.353 (Leon.); later, epith. of the Moon, Hymn.Mag. 5.3. 2. in later Ep., a day, D. 38.271, 10.478. II. (ἔαρ) bearing in spring, λέαινα Fr. 426 (nisi leg. ἠυγ-).
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