ἑῷος

A. in or of the morning, πάχνην ἑ. ἥλιος σκεδᾷ the morning rime, A. l. c.; ἑ. φθέγματ’ ὀρνίθων S. El. 18, etc.; ἑ. ἀστήρ, = Ἑωσφόρος, E. Fr. 929, cf. Pl. Epigr. 15; οὔθ’ ἕσπερος οὔθ’ ἑ. οὕτω θαυμαστός Arist. EN 1129b28; ἑ. ἐξαναστῆναι to get up early, E. El. 786.

2. eastern, τεῖχος X. HG 4.4.9; τὰ ἑ. eastern parts, Luc. Cont. 5; ἐξ ἑῴας (sc. χώρας) Arist. Pr. 946b14; κατὰ τὰς ἑῴας Id. Mu. 394a11 (perh. in the morning).

b. ἑῴα,ἡ, = Oriens, the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire, ὁ τὴν ἑῴαν ἐπιτροπεύων Philostr. VS 2.1.13; ἀρχὸς ἑῴας, = Lat. magister militum per Orientem, IG 14.1073; ὕπαρχος ἑῴας, = Lat. praefectus praetorio Orientis, AP 9.690 (v A. D.).