Εἴλη

sunshine

Translated by David Whitehead24 Jun 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

4 words

[Meaning] sun's heat, sunlight.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εἴλη· ἡλίου ἀλέα, αὐγή.

Betacode

*ei)/lh: h(li/ou a)le/a, au)gh/.

cf. Hesychius epsilon875 (more fully), and see LSJ s.v. ei(/lh (web address 1), i.e. more correctly with a rough breathing; cf. epsiloniota 113, epsiloniota 117. See also Hesychius gamma285 ge/lan: au)gh\n h(li/ou where the initial gamma represents a digamma.