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αἰών, ῶνος, ὁ,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect also ἡ, as in [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.186, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1484: ] Refs 5th c.BC+ apocopation _accusative_ αἰῶ], like{Ποσειδῶ}, restored by Ahrens (from [[ “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 363) in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 350: (properly αἰϝών] Refs 4th c.BC+], compare aevum, see at {αἰεί}):—period of existence (τὸ τέλος τὸ περιέχον τὸν τῆς ἑκάστου ζωῆς χρόνον.. αἰὼν ἑκάστου κέκληται[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 279a25): ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I lifetime, life, ψυχή τε καὶ αἰών[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.453; ἐκ δ᾽ αἰ. πέφαται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.27; μηδέ τοι αἰ. φθινέτω 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.160; λείπει τινά 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.685] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος νέος ὤλεο [[(4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus νέον) 24.725; τελευτᾶν τὸν αἰῶνα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, etc.; αἰῶνος στερεῖν τινά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 862; αἰῶνα διοιχνεῖν [prev. author] “Eu.” 315; συνδιατρίβειν 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 1] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰ. Αἰακιδᾶν, periphrastic for the Aeacidae, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 645 assuming variant; ἀπέπνευσεν αἰῶνα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 801; ἐμὸν κατ᾽ αἰῶνα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 219. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 age, generation, αἰ. ἐς τρίτον [[[prev. work] 744] Refs]; ὁ μέλλων αἰών posterity, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.199, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 370c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 one's life, destiny, lot, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 34, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1215, “fragment” 30, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II long space of time, age, αἰὼν γίγνεται 'tis an age, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 536.5] Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially with Preps., ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος of old, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 609, NT.Luke.1.70; οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰ. Ῥωμαῖοι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 63.20] NT+8th c.BC+]; δι᾽ αἰῶνος perpetually, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 26, “Eu.” 563] Refs 4th c.BC+]; all one's life long, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1024] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ αἰῶνος μακροῦ, ἀπαύστου, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 582, 574] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸν δι᾽ αἰ. χρόνον for ever, [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 554] Refs]; εἰς ἅπαντα τὸν αἰ. [[ 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 106, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.62] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὸν αἰ. [[ LXX.Gen.3.23, +others, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 21.17, NT.John.8.35, Ps.- 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 17; εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος LXX.Psa.131(132).14] LXX+1st c.BC+]; ἐξ αἰῶνος καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος[[LXX.Jer.7.7] LXX]; ἐπ᾽ αἰ.[[LXX.Exo.15.18] LXX]; ἕως αἰῶνος[[LXX.1Ki.1.22, +others:— without a _preposition_, τὸν ἅπαντα αἰ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 279a22; τὸν αἰῶνα 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 62, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.8U.] LXX+4th c.BC+]; eternity, opposed to χρόνος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 37d, compare 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “fragment” 37, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.496, 619, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.7.5, etc.; τοὺς ὑπὲρ τοῦ αἰῶνος φόβους 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 20. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 space of time clearly defined and marked out, epoch, age, ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος this present world, opposed to ὁ μέλλων, [[ NT.Matt.13.22, cf. NT.Rom.12.2; ὁ νῦν αἰ. NT.1Tim.6.17, NT.2Tim.4.10] NT]:—hence in plural, the ages, i.e. eternity, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3 “fragment” 84; εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰ. LXX.Tob.13.4] LXX+1st c.BC+]; εἰς τοὺς αἰ[[[prev. work]. LXX.Sir.45.24, +others, NT.Rom.1.25, etc.; εἰς τοὺς αἰ. τῶν αἰώνων LXX.4Mac.18.24, NT.Phil.4.20, etc.] LXX+NT]; ἀπὸ τῶν αἰ., πρὸ τῶν αἰ., [[ NT.Eph.3.9, 1 “Cor.” 2.7; τὰ τέλη τῶν αἰ. [prev. work]10.11. ] NT]
__II.3 Αἰών, ὁ, personified, Αἰὼν Χρόνου παῖς[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 900 (Lyric poetry), compare “Corpus Hermeticum” 11, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; as title of various divine beings, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 151, +others; especially=Persian Zervan, 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus see at {Ἡρασκος}. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II.4 [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus, = 10, “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 59. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B spinal marrow (perhaps regarded as seat of life), Hymns of Merc 42, 119, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 111, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.122; perhaps also 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.27.] Refs 8th c.BC+]
