ἠΰτε
eyte
as, like as
Appears 36 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἠΰτε, Ep. Particle, A. as, like as, ἠ. κούρη Il. 2.872, etc.; ἠ. νεβρός 12.87; freq. in similes, Il. 1.359, 2.87, etc.: after a Comp., τῷ δέ τʼ ἄνευθεν ἐόντι μελάντερον ἠ. πίσσα φαίνεται [the cloud] appears to him while afar off very black, even as pitch, 4.277, v. Sch.; ἔχετο κλαίουσʼ ἀδινώτερον, ἠΰτε κούρη with sobs coming quicker and quicker, like a girl, 1.269; but it may = than in these passages; cf. εὖτε. (ἤ + I.-E. ute (cf. Skt. uta) ‘also’, ‘even’.)
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