ἠίθεος

A. unmarried youth (ἠίθεον ἢ καὶ γεγαμηκότα ἄπαιδα Pl. Lg. 877e), Sapph. Supp. 20a.18 (pl.); παρθένος ἠ. τε joined, Il. 22.127, al.; χοροὺς παρθένων τε καὶ ἠιθέων Hdt. 3.48, cf. Plu. Thes. 15; including παρθένοι, B. 16 tit., cf. 43, al.; of the θεωροί sent to Delos, Arist. Ath. 56.3; οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ᾔθεος E. Ph. 945; of animals, unmated, Pl. Lg. 840d: later as Adj., παῖδες ἠίθεοι Plu. Thes. 17; ἠϊθέοισιν ἐφήβοισιν IG 3.1151.

2. ἠίθεοι,οἱ, ghosts of those who die unmarried, Tab.Defix.Aud. 52.7.

II. rare as fem., ἠϊθέη,= παρθένος, Nic. Fr. 74.64, AP 9.241 (Antip.<Thess.>); κόρη ᾔθεος Eup. 332.

III. metaph. as Adj., νοῦς Porph. Marc. 33. (ἠιθ‐ shd. be read as ᾐθ‐ in Prose.)