αἰώνιος

ον, α, ον, Adv., τό
A. lasting for an age (αἰών 11), perpetual, eternal (but dist. fr. ἀΐδιος, Plot. 3.7.3), μέθη Pl. R. 363d; ἀνώλεθρον . . ἀλλ’ οὐκ αἰώνιον Id. Lg. 904a, cf. Epicur. Sent. 28; αἰ. κατὰ ψυχὴν ὄχλησις Id. Nat. 131 G.; κακά, δεινά, Phld. Herc. 1251.18, D. 1.13; αἰ. ἀμοιβαῖς βασανισθησόμενοι ib.19; τοῦ αἰ. θεοῦ Ep.Rom. 16.26, Ti.Locr. 96c; οὐ χρονίη μοῦνον . . ἀλλ’ αἰωνίη Aret. CA 1.5; αἰ. διαθήκη, νόμιμον, πρόσταγμα, LXX Ge. 9.16, Ex. 27.21, To. 1.6; ζωή Ev.Matt. 25.46, Porph. Abst. 4.20; κόλασις Ev.Matt. l.c., Olymp. in Grg. p.278J.; πρὸ χρόνων αἰ. 2 Ep.Tim. 1.9: opp. πρόσκαιρος, 2 Ep.Cor. 4.18.
2. holding an office or title for life, perpetual, γυμνασίαρχος CPHerm. 62.
3. = Lat. saecularis, Phleg. Macr. 4.
4. Adv. ‐ίως eternally, νοῦς ἀκίνητος αἰ. πάντα ὤν Procl. Inst. 172, cf. Simp. in Epict. p.77D.; perpetually, μισεῖν Sch.E. Alc. 338.
5. αἰώνιον,τό, = ἀείζωον τὸ μέγα, Ps.-Dsc. 4.88.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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