ἕωλος, ον
(probably from ἕως (A), ἠώς), a day old, kept till the morrow, stale, of bread, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ παθῶν” 52, 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 4.11.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of meat and fish, ἕωλοι κείμενοι δύ᾽ ἡμέρας ἢ τρεῖς [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 161.6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; αὔριον ἕωλον τοῦτ᾽ ἔχων [τὸ τέμαχος] [[ 4th c.BC: Axionicus Comicus 6.15; πρόσφατον καὶ νέον ὕδωρ τὸ ὑόμενον, ἕ. δὲ καὶ παλαιὸντὸ λιμναῖον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 215; ἕ. νεκρός 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 18 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἕ. ἡμέρα the day after a feast, especially after a wedding, when the scraps were eaten, [[ 4th c.BC: Axionicus Comicus 8.6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἕ. θρυαλλίς a stinking wick (after the lamp has been blown out), [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 of actions, etc., stale, out of date, τἀδικήμαθ᾽ ἕ... ὡς ὑμᾶς καὶ ψύχρ᾽ ἀφικνεῖται [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.112 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ῥαψῳδίαι, πράγματα, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.514c, 674 f] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἕωλόν ἐστι τὸ λέγειν [[[prev. work] 777b,compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pseudol.” 5; δόξα 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 4.6.2 (_comparative_)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; σοφισμάτια [[ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.3 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; old-fashioned, φιλοτιμία probably in [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.1] Refs 1st c.BC+]; later, of legal instruments, out-ofdate, expired, γράμμα [[ “PSI” 5.452.22 (4th c.AD),compare “PLond.” 1.77.60 (6th c.AD) ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; of payments, in arrear, [[ Sammelb. 1093.3, 1090.5 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]