ἀετός,
Epic dialect, Lyric poetry,
Ionic dialect, and early
Attic dialect αἰετός (see. near the end), οῦ, ὁ,
eagle, as a bird of omen, αἰ. τελειότατον πετεηνῶν[
Refs 8th c.BC+]: favourite of Zeus, ὅστε σοὶ αὐτῷ φίλτατος οἰωνῶν[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἰετὸς ἐν νεφέλαισι, of a thing quite out of reach, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀετὸν κάνθαρος μαιεύσομαι (see. μαιεύομαι):—the different kinds are distinguished by specific names, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
eagle as a standard, of the Persians, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Romans, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
3) the constellation [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
omen, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III)
eagle-ray, Myliobatis aquila, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV) in Architecture,
gable, pediment (from its resemblance to outspread wings, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
come under the same roof, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
V) name of
bandage, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VI)
temporal vein (Magna Graecia), Philistionap.[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VII)
iron part of spoke of wheel, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VIII) Astrology texts and Magic, fabulous plant growing in Libya, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] in early
Attic dialect Inscrr, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰβετός (i.e. αἰϝετός) [
Refs 5th c.AD+]