Scaife ATLAS

αἰών poet.: apocop. acc. αἰῶ properly αἰϝών, aevum, v. αἰεί) a period of existence: oneʼs life-time, life, Hom. and Attic Poets. an age, generation, Aesch.; ὁ μέλλων αἰών posterity, Dem. a long space of time, an age, ἀπʼ αἰῶνος of old, for ages, Hes., NTest.; τὸν διʼ αἰῶνος χρόνον for ever, Aesch.; ἅπαντα τὸν αἰ. Lycurg. a definite space of time, an era, epoch, age, period, ὁ αἰὼν οὗτος this present world, opp. to ὁ μέλλων, NTest.:—hence its usage in pl., εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας for ever, NTest.

ShortDef

life, lifetime, time; spinal marrow

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Headword:

αἰών

Headword (normalized):

αἰών

Headword (normalized/stripped):

αιων

IDX:

968

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n968

Key:

ai)w/n

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