- εἱλόπεδον
- εἱλόπεδονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: In antiquity taken as `sun-place', with 1. member εἵλη `heat of the sun'.Other forms: η 123 ἀλωή ... \/ τῆς ἕτερον μέν θ' εἱλόπεδον ... \/ τέρσεται ἠελίῳ read by Doederlein (s. Bechtel Lex., Leumann Hom. Wörter 44 for tradit. θειλόπεδον.Origin: see εἵληEtymology: The false reading θειλόπεδον was already accepted in antiquity (AP, Dsc.); from there θειλοπεδεύω `wither in the sun' (Dsk.). S. also Ure ClQuart. N. S. 5, 227. But the inscr. in Mylasa has θειλοπε[, which rather suggests that θ. was the correct reading (Dubois, RPh. 71 (1997) 162).Page in Frisk: 1,460
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.