fiery, burning
αἴθων,ωνος,ὁ,ἡ, (αἴθω)
A. fiery, burning, κεραυνός
Pi. O. 10(11).83
; offierysmoke, P. 1.23 .
II. of burnished metal,flashing, glittering,
σίδηρος
Il. 4.485
, Od. 1.184 , S. Aj. 147 (lyr.); χαλκός
B. 12.50
;λέβητες, τρίποδες, Il. 9.123 , 24.233 .
III. of animals or birds, ἵπποι
Il. 2.839
; αἰετός
15.690
; βόες
Od. 18.372
; ἀλώπηξ
Pi. O. 11
( 10 ). 20 ;δορά, of a boar, B. 5.124 ; prob. of colour,red-brown, tawny, sincesleek, shining, orfiery, fiercedo not suit all cases (butαἴ. θῆρες fierce, Pl. R. 559d ); pr. n. of horse, Il. 8.185 .
IV. metaph. of men,hot, fiery, S. Aj. 221 (lyr.), 1088 , Hermipp. 46 ;αἴθων λῆμα fieryin spirit, A. Th. 448 ;λιμὸς αἴθωνprob. in Hes. Op. 363 , Epigr. ap. Aeschin. 3.184 , Call. Cer. 68 . (The formsαἴθονα, αἴθονοςhave been corrupted intoαἴθοπα, αἴθοπος, Hes. Op. l.c., S. Aj. 221 .)
