ἔᾰρ(A),τό, Hom. (only gen.ἔαρος), etc.; contr.
ἦρ
Alcm. 76 : gen., dat.,ἦρος, ἦρι, Lyr. ( Alc. 45 ), Att. , and prob. Ion. , cf. Hdt. 1.77 , Hp. Epid. 1.1 (butἔαροςis found in codd. of Hdt. 5.31 , 7.162 , al., Hp.l.c.): poet. gen., dat.,εἴαρος, εἴαρι(metri gr.), Alcm. 26 , h.Cer. 174 (nisi leg.ἤαρος), and later Poets (whence was formed late nom.
A.
εἶαρ
Numen.
ap. Ath. 9.371e , Ter.Maur. 653 ); cf. Hdn.Gr. 1.408 ( Hes. usedἔαρas a monos., andἔαριas a trochee, Op. 492 , 462 ):—spring, ἔαρος δ' ἐπιγίγνεται ὥρῃ
Il. 6.148
;ἔαρος νέον ἱσταμένοιοearlyspring, Od. 19.519 ; ἔαρι πολεῖν
Hes. Op. 462
;ἅμα τῷ ἔαριat the beginning ofspring, Hdt. 5.31 , cf. Th. 4.117 , 6.8 ; πρὸς ἔαρ
Id. 5.56
, etc.;πρὸς τὸ ἔ. ib. 17 ;περὶ τὸ ἔ. Id. 3.116 ; ἐξ ἦρος εἰς Ἀρκτοῦρον