ἑωθινός

A. in the morning, early, ὁ ἥλιος ὁ ἑ. Hdt. 3.104; ἑωθινὸς εἶδον στρατόν S. Fr. 502; οὔσης . . ἐκκλησίας ἑ. Ar. Ach. 20; πότοι Bato 5.3; τὸ ἑ., as Adv., early in the morning, Hdt. l. c., Hp. Aër. 6; ἐξ ἑωθινοῦ, = ἕωθεν, Ar. Th. 2, Pl. Phdr. 228b, etc.; ἐξ ἑ. μέχρι δείλης X. HG 1.1.5; εὐθὺς ἐξ ἑ. Alex. 257.4; περὶ τὴν ἑ. φυλακήν about the morning watch, Plb. 3.67.2; ὑπὸ τὴν ἑ. (alone) ib.43.1, cf. LXX 1 Ma. 5.30; ἑ. φυλακῆς Plu. Pomp. 68; προσειπεῖν τὸ ἑ. to wish one good morning, Luc. Laps. 1, cf. Macho ap.Ath. 13.580d (dub. l.); ἑ. δίκαι, prov. for business soon transacted, AB 258.

2. eastern, ἔθνος D.P. 697: Comp. -ώτερος Str. 11.2.2: Sup. -ώτατος Id. 4.5.1.