ἀΐτας

A. a beloved youth, answering to εἰσπνήλας or εἴσπνηλος (the lover), Ar. Fr. 738 (fort. Eratosth.), Theoc. 12.14 (αἴτης, said to be a Thessalian word), cj. in 23.63; generally, lover, Χρύσας (sc. Ἀθανᾶς)δ’ ἀΐτας Dosiad. Ara 5, cf. Lyc. 461:—fem. ἀῖτις Hdn.Gr.1.105, 2.296, cf. Alcm. 125.