ἠριγένεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἦρι (êri, early in the morning, Epic adverb) + the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, to be born, come into being) + -ιᾰ (-ia, feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἠρῐγένειᾰ (ērigéneia) f (genitive ἠρῐγενείᾱς); first declension

  1. early-born (Homeric epithet of Eos, the Dawn)
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.477, (The same line is repeated numerous times in both the Iliad and the Odyssey to announce a new day in the story.):
      ἦμος δ' ἠριγένεια φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς
      êmos d' ērigéneia phánē rhododáktulos Ēṓs
      When rosy-fingered Dawn appeared early-born
    1. (as a substantive, see Ἠρῐγένειᾰ) a child of the morning
  2. the morning, morn
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Theocritus to this entry?)
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Leonidas Alexandrinus to this entry?)
  3. (in later Epic) a day
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Nonnus to this entry?)
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Quintus Smyrnaeus to this entry?)
  4. (echoing ἔᾰρ, “spring”, etymon of ἦρι, pseudo-adjective) one bearing in spring (a varia lectio of ἠυγένειᾰ)
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of Aeschylus to this entry?)

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