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Apollonius says:—
'And in this way metaplasms of words [i.e., tenses or cases formed from non-existent presents or nominatives] arise, like ἐρυσάρματες [chariot-drawing], λῖτα [cloths], and in Sappho τὸ αὔα, Dawn.'
And the Etymologicum Magnum says:—
'We find παρὰ τὴν αὔαν [during the morning] in Aeolic, for "during the day."'
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The Etymologicum Magnum says:—
'Αὔως or ἠώς, that is, the day; thus we read in Aeolic. Sappho has—
πότνια αὔως,
Queen Dawn.'