ἐρῆμος, ον,
feminine ἐρήμη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.270, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1719 (Lyric poetry), “Ant.” 739, “Tr.” 530 (Lyric poetry), and in the phrase δίκη ἐρήμη (see. infr. III)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Attic dialect ἔρημος, ον, accusative to Hdn.Gr.[[ 2.938 ] Refs]: comparative -ότερος [[5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.11, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 29.1, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατος[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.118 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—desolate, lonely, solitary,
__1 of places, ἐς νῆσον ἐρήμην [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.270; χῶρος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.520 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐ. τῆς Λιβύης the desert parts.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐρῆμος (i.e. χώρα) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.18; ἡ ἐρήμη 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.48: _plural_, [prev. work] 3.26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; empty, πνύξ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 20. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of personsor animals, τὰ δ᾽ ἐρῆμα φοβεῖται (i.e. the sheep), [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.140; ξέρξην ἔ. μολεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 734 (troch.); ἧσθαι δόμοις ἔ. [prev. author] “Ag.” 862; πόρτις ἐρήμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 530 (Lyric poetry); ἔ. κἄφιλος [prev. author] “Ph.” 228; τὸν θεὸν ἔ. ἀπολιπόντε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 447 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently of poor, friendless persons, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.15, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐρημότεροι, opposed to δυνατώτεροι, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.11; οὐκ ὢν οὔτε τῶν ἐρημοτάτων οὔτε τῶν ἀπόρων κομιδῇ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.111; εἰς ὀρφανὰ καὶ ἔ. ὑβρίζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 927c; ὄρνιθες ] Refs 5th c.BC+]solitary, not gregarious, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 63: _neuter_ as ] Refs 1st c.AD+] adverb, ἔρημα κλαίω I weep in solitude, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 775 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔρημον ἐμβλέπειν to look vacantly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 456. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]