ἄωτον[ᾰ],τό,andἄωτος,ὁ,
A. the choicest, the flower of its kind: in Hom. mostly of thefinest wool,
οἰὸς ἄωτον
Il. 13.599
, 716 , Od. 1.443 ; withoutοἰός(which must be supplied from the context),flock, down,
9.434 ; once of thefinest linen,
λίνοιό τε λεπτὸν ἄωτον
Il. 9.661
; of the golden fleece, χρύσεον ἄωτον
A.R. 4.176
, cf. Orph. A. 1336 ;ἄκρον ἄωτον [ὕδατος], ofpurewater, Call. Ap. 112 ; of thefoamon a wave, κύματος ἄκρῳ ἀ.
Id. Hec. 1.4.3
; μέλιτος ἄ. γλυκύς
Pi. Pae. 6.59
: freq. in Pi. ,ἄ. ζωᾶς the primeorflowerof life, Id. I. 5(4).12 ;ἄ. στεφάνων the fairestof . . , ib. 6(5).4 , cf. O. 5.1 ;Χαρίτων ἄ.theirfairest gift,