ἠώς -οῦς, ἡ (ἠϝώς) [ἀϝοσ-. Cf. ἠέριος.] Dat. ἠοῖ (ἠόι)̈ Il. 7.331, Il. 11.685, Il. 13.794, Il. 24.600, etc.: Od. 4.407, Od. 12.24, Od. 14.266, Od. 16.2, etc. Acc. ἠῶ (ἠόα) Il. 5.267, Il. 8.565, Il. 9.240, Il. 18.255, etc.: Od. 2.434, Od. 7.288, Od. 16.368, Od. 23.243, etc. Locative ἠῶθι Il. 11.50: Od. 5.469, Od. 6.36. 1 Dawn, the dawn, the daybreak: ἅμʼ ἠοῖ Il. 7.331, Il. 9.618, 682, Il. 11.685, Il. 24.600, ὅσον τʼ ἐπικίδναται ἠ. Il. 7.451, 458, ἠῶθι πρό (in front of the dawn, with the dawn) Il. 11.50: Od. 5.469, Od. 6.36. Cf. Il. 5.267, Il. 7.433, Il. 8.1, 508, Il. 10.251, Il. 23.227, Il. 24.12, 695: Od. 4.194, 407, Od. 6.31, Od. 7.222, Od. 12.24, Od. 14.266 = Od. 17.435, Od. 15.50, 396, Od. 16.2, 270. 2 A dawning or morning considered as a space of time: ὄφρʼ ἠ. ἦν Il. 8.66 = Il. 11.84, ἠοῦς ὄψεαι (in the morning) Il. 8.470, τὸν [μῦθον] ἠοῦς (the morrow's) 525. Cf. Il. 21.111: νηῦς ἠῶ πεῖρε κέλευθον (through the morning) Od. 2.434. Cf. Od. 7.288, Od. 9.56. 3 A morning considered as a point or unit of time or as one of a series: δυωδεκάτη Il. 1.493 = Il. 24.31, Il. 21.80, Il. 24.413. Cf. Il. 13.794, Il. 21.156, Il. 24.781, 785: Od. 19.192, 571. 4 The quarter of the dawn, the east: πρὸς ἠῶ τʼ ἠέλιόν τε Il. 12.239: Od. 9.26, Od. 13.240. Cf. Od. 10.190. 5 The dawn personified: ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠ. Il. 1.477 = Il. 24.788, Il. 6.175, Il. 9.707, Il. 23.109, Ἠ. ἐκ λεχέων ὄρνυτο Il. 11.1. Cf. Il. 2.48, Il. 8.565, Il. 9.240, 662, Il. 11.723, Il. 18.255, Il. 19.1, Il. 24.417: Ἠοῦς υἱός Od. 4.188. Cf. Od. 2.1, Od. 5.1, 121, 390, Od. 6.48, Od. 9.151, Od. 10.541, Od. 12.3, Od. 23.243, etc.
ῥοδοδάκτυλος -ον [ῥόδον, rose + δάκτυλος, finger.] Epithet of the dawn, rosy-fingered, spreading rosy rays : Ἠώς Il. 6.175, Il. 9.707, Il. 23.109, Il. 1.477= Il. 24.788 : = Od. 2.1= Od. 3.404 = 491= Od. 4.306 = 431 = 576= Od. 5.228= Od. 8.1= Od. 9.152 = 170 = 307 = 437 = 560= Od. 10.187= Od. 12.8 = 316= Od. 13.18= Od. 15.189= Od. 17.1= Od. 19.428, Od. 5.121, Od. 23.241.