ἕωλος

A. a day old, kept till the morrow, stale, of bread, Hp. Aff. 52, Antyll. ap. Orib. 4.11.2; of meat and fish, ἕωλοι κείμενοι δύ’ ἡμέρας ἢ τρεῖς Antiph. 161.6; αὔριον ἕωλον τοῦτ’ ἔχων [τὸ τέμαχος] Axionic. 6.15; πρόσφατον καὶ νέον ὕδωρ τὸ ὑόμενον, ἕ. δὲ καὶ παλαιὸντὸ λιμναῖον Arist. Fr. 215; ἕ. νεκρός Luc. Cat. 18; ἕ. ἡμέρα the day after a feast, esp. after a wedding, when the scraps were eaten, Axionic. 8.6; ἕ. θρυαλλίς a stinking wick (after the lamp has been blown out), Luc. Tim. 2.

2. of actions, etc., stale, out of date, τἀδικήμαθ’ ἕ. . . ὡς ὑμᾶς καὶ ψύχρ’ ἀφικνεῖται D. 21.112; ῥαψῳδίαι, πράγματα, Plu. 2.514c, 674 f; ἕωλόν ἐστι τὸ λέγειν ib. 777b, cf.Luc. Pseudol. 5; δόξα J. BJ 4.6.2 (Comp.); σοφισμάτια Porph. Abst. 1.3; old-fashioned, φιλοτιμία prob. in Phld. D. 1.1; later, of legal instruments, out-ofdate, expired, γράμμα PSI 5.452.22 (iv A. D.), cf. PLond. 1.77.60 (vi A. D.); of payments, in arrear, Sammelb. 1093.3, 1090.5 (ii A. D.).

3. of money, lying without use, hoarded, Philetaer. 7.7.

4. of persons, coming a day too late, Plu. Nic. 21<*>; of things, belated, προθυμία Procop. Goth. 4.23.

5. on the day after a debauch, i. e. suffering from its effects, Plu. 2.128d; ἕ. ταῖς μνήμαις ib.611f.