COMPOUND: αἰζηός, -όν,  lengthd. αἰζήϊος
CATEGORIZATION: A [Adv+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘in full bodily strength, vigorous‘
ETYMOLOGY: αἰ– (ἀεί) ‘ever, always‘ + verb. root ζη– (ζάω, ζέω) ‘live‘, ‘boil, seethe‘ + adj. suf. -ός, -όν
OCCURRENCE: Il. II, 660; III, 26; IV, 280; V, 92; VIII, 298, X, 259; XI, 414; XIV, 4; XV, 66, 315; XVI, 716; XVII, 282, 520; XX, 167; Od. XII, 83, 440
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., dat. m. sg., nom. m. pl., gen. m. pl., acc. m. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: uncertain etymology