ἀΐδιος

A. everlasting, eternal, h.Hom. 29.3, Hes. Sc. 310; freq. in Prose, χρόνος Antipho 1.21; ἔχθρα Th. 4.20; οἴκησις, of a tomb, X. Ages. 11.16; ἡ ἀ. οὐσία eternity, Pl. Ti. 37e; ἀ. στρατηγία, ἀρχή, βασιλεία, perpetual . . , Arist. Pol. 1285a7, 1317b41, 1301b27; ἀ. βασιλεῖς, γέροντες, ib.1284b33, 1306a17; τὰ ἀ., opp. τὰ γενητά and φθαρτά, Id. Metaph. 1069a32, EN 1139b23, al.; ἐς ἀΐδιον for ever, Th. 4.63; ad infinitum, Arist. PA 640a6; ἐξ ἀϊδίου Plot. 2.1.3: Comp. ‐ώτερος Arist. Cael. 284a17:—ἀ. is dist. fr. αἰώνιος as everlasting from timeless, Olymp. in Mete. 146.16; but dist. fr. ἀείζωος as eternal (without beginning or end) from everliving, Corp.Herm. 8.2. Adv. ‐ίως Sm. Mi. 7.18, Iamb. Comm.Math. 1, Hierocl. in CA 1p.419M.