αἰών
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.
Headword (normalized):
αἰών
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αιων
Intro Text:
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.
URN:
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