ἀέ-νᾰος [ᾱ-], ον,
(νάω Α) ἀένναος[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, αἰέναος “IG” 5(1).1119 (Geronthrae, 4th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; contraction ἀείνως [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 146, _genitive_ _plural_ ἀείνων 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 20 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: Trag. only in Lyric poetry:—ever-flowing, κρήνης τ᾽ ἀενάου καὶ ἀπορρύτου[[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 595] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. λίμνη, ποταμός, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.93, 145, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 120; ποταμοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supp..” 553, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1083, compare 118; Ἀχέρων 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.102; ἀενάου πυρός 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.6, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 83; βόρβορον καὶ σκῶρ ἀείνων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus [same place]; ἀέναοι νεφέλαι [prev. author] “Nu.” 275] Refs 5th c.BC+];—generally, everlasting, ἀρετᾶς.. κόσμον ἀέναόν τε κλέος[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 4.9] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. τιμά, of Zeus, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 14.12; ἀ. κράτος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1299 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀενάοις ἐν τραπέζαις, of public hospitality, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.8] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γλῶτταν καλῶν λόγων ἀείνων Cratin.[same place]:—also in Prose, κλέος[[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 29; τροφή 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.20; ἀεναώτερον.. τὸν ὄλβον παρέχειν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.2.44; ἀέναον οὐσίαν πορίσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 966e; ἀ. ποταμῶν ἀμήχανα μεγέθη [prev. author] “Phd.” 111d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 349b9; θῖνες LXX.Bar.5.7; ἀένναοι τῶν θεῶν πρόσοδοι 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 152] LXX+5th c.BC+]. adverb ἀενάως[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1346b15.] Refs 4th c.BC+]