ἠριγένεια

in η

COMPOUND: ἠριγένεια, -ας
CATEGORIZATION: N [Adv+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘early-born, child of morn’
ETYMOLOGY: ἦρι ‘early’ + verbal root γεν- (γενέσθαι) ‘come into being, to be born’ + f. noun suf. -εια (< *εσjα)
OCCURRENCE: Il. I, 477; VIII, 508; XXIV, 788; Od. II, 1; III, 404, 491; IV, 576; V, 228; VIII, 1; IX, 152, 170, 307, 437, 560; X, 187; XII, 3, 8, 316; XIII, 18, 94; XVII, 1; XXII, 197; XXIII, 347.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. f. sg., gen. sg., acc. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: epith. of Ἠώς