ἀφρίους
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Tentatively compared to Sanskrit अभ्रि (ábhri, “hoe, pickaxe”).[1] Unrelated to ἀφρός (aphrós, “foam”).
Noun
[edit]ἀφρίους • (aphríous) m (accusative plural)
- (hapax) Synonym of ἀθέρας (athéras)
- [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α:
- ἀφρίους· ἀθέρας
- aphríous; athéras
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References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀφρίους”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 178–179