a dowry ἕδνον, τό, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.10, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 193, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.114, 27.33, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 873,
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a dowry ἕδνον, τό, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.10, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 193, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.114, 27.33, 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 873,
ἐξώπροικα , τά , = ἕδνα , EM 316.40 , Sch. Od. 2.195 . ἐξώπροικα,τά, A. = ἕδνα , EM 316.40 , Sch. Od. 2.195 .
countless ἀπερείσιος,ον, A. = ἀπειρέσιος (q.v.);ἀπερείσι' ἄποινα countlessransom, Il. 1.13 , al.; ἕδνα 16.178 ; δῶρα A.R. 1.419 ; ἄλγος AP 7.363 .
bride betrothed for ἑδν-ωτή,ἡ, A. bride betrothed for ἕδνα, Hsch.
bride-price ἕδνον,τό, Pi. O. 9.10 , Call. Fr. 193 , Theoc. 25.114 , 27.33 , Orph. A. 873 , Nonn. D. 42.28 , al.; elsewh. only pl.ἕδνα,ἔεδνα:— A. bride-priceorwedding-gifts(φερνήbeing the bride'sporti
furnish, offer, give, *πόρω, assumed aspres.toaor. Act. ἔπορονandpf. Pass. πέπρωμαι: no example occurs offut. πορῶ, Aeol. πόρσω,cited by EM 683.54 : I. aor. ἔπορον, Hom. mostly without augm.;p