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Headword:
Ἔαρ
Adler number: epsilon,10
Translated headword: spring, springtime; blood
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Mildness of the air; season of the year in which the sun moves towards us.
But it declines ἔαρος [in the genitive] and with crasis ἦρος ; and the dative [is] ἔαρι and with crasis ἦρι . The word also means "blood" because blood increases in the spring.[1]
"Where unfriendly arenas are full of both gore and blood."[2] With an extra "i".[3]
Greek Original:Ἔαρ: εὐκρασία τοῦ ἀέρος: ὥρα τοῦ ἔτους κατὰ τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς τοῦ ἡλίου πορείαν. κλίνεται δὲ ἔαρος καὶ κράσει ἦρος: καὶ ἡ δοτικὴ ἔαρι καὶ κράσει ἦρι. ἔαρ λέγεται καὶ τὸ αἷμα διὰ τὸ ἐν τῷ ἔαρι πλεονάζειν. ἧχι κονίστραι ἄξεινοι λύθρῳ τε καὶ εἴαρι πεπλήθασι. πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ι.
Notes:
[1] From the
scholia to
Nicander, Alexipharmaca 314, where spring is mentioned.
[2]
Callimachus fr. 328 Pfeiffer, presumed to be from his
Hecale; also at
alpha 2801. According to LSJ, this meaning of the word is late: see web address 1.
[3] That is, spelled
εἴαρι .
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Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 8 June 1999@18:28:24.
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