ἑωθῐνός, ή, όν,
(ἕως (A)) in the morning, early, ὁ ἥλιος ὁ ἑ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.104; ἑωθινὸς εἶδον στρατόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 502 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὔσης.. ἐκκλησίας ἑ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 20; πότοι 3rd c.BC: Bato Comicus 5.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἑ., as adverb, early in the morning, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same place], 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 6; ἐξ ἑωθινοῦ, ={ἕωθεν}, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 228b, etc.; ἐξ ἑ. μέχρι δείλης 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐθὺς ἐξ ἑ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 257.4 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; περὶ τὴν ἑ. φυλακήν about the morning watch, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.67.2; ὑπὸ τὴν ἑ. (alone) [prev. work] 43.1,cf. LXX.1Mac.5.30; ἑ. φυλακῆς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 68 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]; προσειπεῖν τὸ ἑ. to wish one good morning, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Laps.” 1, compare 3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.580d (uncertain reading)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἑ. δίκαι, proverbial for business soon transacted, [[ AB 258. ] Refs]
__2 eastern, ἔθνος [[ 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 697 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: comparative -ώτερος [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 11.2.2 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατος [[ [prev. author] 4.5.1. ] Refs]