A.misty, cloudy, dark (esp. in Od.), “ἐπ᾽ ἠεροειδέα πόντον” Od.2.263, etc.; σπέος ἠ. 12.80, cf. 13.103; πέτρη, of Scylla<*>s cave, 12.233: neut. as Adv., in the far distance, dimly, “ὅσσον δ᾽ ἠεροειδὲς ἀνὴρ ἴδεν” Il.5.770: “ἠ. νεφέλη” Hes. Th.757; “πνοιαί” Orph.H.38.22.—Ep. word, “ἠ. αὐγαί” Arist.Col.792b8: Comp., “ὕδωρ πάντων -έστερον” Arr.Ind.6.3.
ἠερο-ειδής , ές, Ion.and Ep. for ἀερ-, which is not found,