αἶθοψ

αἶθος (aîthos, “heat, fire”) +‎ ὄψ (óps, “face, appearance”)

αἶθοψ • (aîthops) m or f (neuter αἶθοψ); third declension

1. of metal: bright, sparkling, gleaming (especially of copper and iron, as Homeric epithets)

   αἶθοψ χαλκός ― aîthops khalkós ― gleaming copper

   • c. 8th century BCE, Homer, “Rhapsody φ”, in Odyssey, section 434:

     πὰρ θρόνον ἑστήκει κεκορυθμένος αἴθοπι χαλκῷ

     pàr thrónon hestḗkei kekoruthménos aíthopi khalkōî

     he stood beside the throne armed with [a weapon of] gleaming copper

2. of wine: sparkling

   αἶθοψ οἶνος ― aîthops oînos ― sparkling wine

   • c. 8th century BCE, Homer, “Rhapsody Ζ”, in Iliad, section 266:

     χερσὶ δ’ ἀνίπτοισιν Διὶ λείβειν αἴθοπα οἶνον ἅζομαι

     khersì d’ aníptoisin Diì leíbein aíthopa oînon házomai

     and with hands unwashen I have awe to pour libation of flaming [i.e. sparkling] wine to Zeus

3. of smoke or combustion: mixed with flame, blazing

   αἶθοψ φλογμός ― aîthops phlogmós ― blazing flame

   • 423 BCE, Euripides, Suppliants, section 1019:

     σῶμά τ’ αἴθοπι φλογμῷ πόσει συμμείξασα

     sômá t’ aíthopi phlogmōî pósei summeíxasa

     to mix my corpse in the blazing flame

4. metaphorically: fiery, intense
   • early 7th century BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days, section 361:

     ὃς δ’ ἐπ’ ἐόντι φέρει, ὃ δ’ ἀλέξεται αἴθοπα λιμόν

     hòs d’ ep’ eónti phérei, hò d’ aléxetai aíthopa limón

     he who adds to what he has, will be protected from fiery hunger

• “αἴθοψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• αἶθοψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “αἰθοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press