Ἀοῖον
of dawn
Translated by Catharine Roth7 Aug 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Referring to the] morning star. Thus Aristophanes [uses the term].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀοῖον· ἑῷον ἀστέρα. οὕτως Ἀριστοφάνης.
Betacode
*)aoi=on: e(w=|on a)ste/ra. ou(/tws *)aristofa/nhs.
Notes
- The headword (accusative case) occurs in Aristophanes, Peace 836 and 837 (web address 1), and the gloss comes from the scholia there.
Doric form, corresponding to Homerich)oi=os , Attice(w=|os (epsilon 1893).
Aristophanes is referring to this Doric form in the first line of a dithyramb by Ion of Chios (fr.745 in D.L. Page, Poetae Melici Graeci), cited at delta 1029 (see note 3 there); cf. iota 487.