Perseus analyses of ἠελίοιο:

ἥλιος (sun): masc gen sg (epic)
ἠέλιος (ah!): masc gen sg (epic)

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ἥλιος

ἥλιος, ὁ, Ep. ἠέλιος, as always in Hom. (exc. in the late passage Od. 8.271) and Hes., cf. Hp. Alim. 42: Dor. ἀέλιος [ᾱ] Pi. P. 4.144, Call. Cer. 92, Lav.Pall. 89, and lyr. in Trag., S. Ant. 809, E. Ph. 175, al., but ἅλιος [ᾱ], S. Tr. 96, E. Alc. 395 (ᾰέλιος S. Tr. 835): Cret. ἀβέλιος (i.e. ἀϝ-), Hsch.: Aeol. ἀέλιος Sapph. 79(= Oxy. 1787 Fr. 1.25), Supp. 25.7; ἄλιος Sapph. 69 (s.v.l.): Arc. ἀέλιος (or ἁ-) IG 5(2).4.12 (Tegea, iv B.C.):—

3. day, S. El. 424; a day, Pi. O. 13.37, Hp. Alim. 42, E. Hel. 652 (pl.), Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 4,26, etc.; later, year, Herod. 10.1.

4. sunshine, sunʼs heat, ἐπὶ τοῖς ὄρεσιν Pl. Phd. 116e; ἥ. πολύς Luc. Nav. 35, cf.Herm. 25; πολὺν τὸν ἥ. ἐμφαίνειν, of a sunburnt person, Id. Ind. 3, cf. Rh.Pr. 9: pl., sunbeams, Thphr. Sign. 22, Ael. NA 16.17; hot sunny days, Th. 7.87.

5. metaph., sunshine, brightness, ψυχῆς Plu. 2.994e, cf. Artem. 2.36, etc.; of a person, Ἑλλάνων δόξης δεύτερον Ἀέλιον IG 14.1188; of Ptol. VI, UPZ 15.33; νέος Ἥ., of Nero and Caligula, SIG 814.34, 798.3.

II. as pr. n., Helios, the sun-god, Od. 8.271, etc.; νὴ τὸν Ἥ. Men. Sam. 108; ὑπὸ Δία Γῆν Ἥλιον, in manumission-formula, POxy. 48.6, 49.8 (i A.D.), IG 9(1).412 (Aetolia), IPE 2.54.10(iii A.D.); [Ἥλιος] δούλους ἐλευθέρους ποιεῖ Artem. 2.36; identified with Apollo, Carm.Pop. 12, E. Fr. 781.11; with Dionysus, D.Chr. 31.11, etc.

2. Ἡλίου ἀστήρ, of the planet Saturn, v.l. in Pl. Epin. 987c, cf. D.S. 2.30, Theo Sm. p.130H. (I.-E. sāwelios, cf. Cret. ἀβέλιος, Lith. sáulė, Lat. sōl.)

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ἠέ

A. ah! A. Th. 966, 980, Supp. 831 (all lyr.). ἠέ, v. ἤ, or, whether. ᾖε, ᾔει, v. εἶμι (ibo). ἠείδης, ἠείδη, v. εἴδω. ἠέλιος, ὁ , v. ἥλιος. ἠελιῶτις, v. ἡλιώτης.