ἥλιος, ὁ,
Epic dialect ἠέλιος, as always in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] (except in the late passage [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
Doric dialect ἀέλιος [ᾱ] [
Refs 5th c.BC+], but
ἅλιος [ᾱ], [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: Cretan dialect
ἀβέλιος (i.e. ἀϝ-), [
Refs 5th c.AD+]:
Aeolic dialect ἀέλιος [
Refs 7th c.BC+];
ἄλιος [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
ἀέλιος (or ἁ-) [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:—
sun, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο to see
the light of life, live, [
Refs], etc; ὑπ᾽ ἠελίῳ τε καὶ οὐρανῷ ἀστερόεντι ναιετάουσι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὑπὸ ἡλίου ἑωρᾶσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ σελήνη γ᾽ ἡλίῳ (i.e. ὅμοιος) a pale reflection, [
Refs]
2) to determine the cardinal points, πρὸς ἠῶ τ᾽ ἠέλιόν τε towards the [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὸς ἠῶ τε καὶ ἡλίου ἀνατολάς, opposed to πρὸς ἑσπέρην, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἀπὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολέων Αἰθίοπες the
eastern. , [
Refs]
3)
day, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
a day, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; later,
year, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
4)
sunshine, sun's heat, ἐπὶ τοῖς ὄρεσιν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολὺντὸν ἥ. ἐμφαίνειν, of a sunburnt person, [
Refs]:
plural,
sunbeams, [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
hot sunny days, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5)
metaphorically,
sunshine, brightness, ψυχῆς [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a person, Ἑλλάνων δόξης δεύτερον Ἀέλιον [
Refs]; of [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; νέος Ἥ, of Nero and Caligula, [
Refs]
II) as
proper name,
Helios, the sun-god, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; νὴ τὸν Ἥ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ Δία Γῆν Ἥλιον, in manumission-formula, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; [Ἥλιος] δούλους ἐλευθέρους ποιεῖ [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; identified with Apollo, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) Ἡλίου ἀστήρ, of the planet [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
sāwelios, cf. Cretan dialect ἀβέλιος, Lithuanian
sáulė, Latin
sōl.)