A.unmarried youth (“ἠίθεον ἢ καὶ γεγαμηκότα ἄπαιδα” Pl.Lg.877e), Sapph.Supp.20a.18 (pl.); παρθένος ἠ. τε joined, Il.22.127, al.; “χοροὺς παρθένων τε καὶ ἠιθέων” Hdt.3.48, cf. Plu. Thes.15; including παρθένοι, B.16 tit., cf. 43, al.; of the θεωροί sent to Delos, Arist.Ath.56.3; “οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ᾔθεος” E.Ph.945; of animals, unmated, Pl.Lg.840d: later as Adj., “παῖδες ἠίθεοι” Plu.Thes.17; “ἠϊθέοισιν ἐφήβοισιν” IG3.1151.
ἠίθεος [ι^], contr. ᾔθεος (v.infr.), Dor. ᾁθεος Cerc.9.11, but Aeol. (?) ἠΐθεος Sapph. (v. infr.): ὁ:—