ἔθρις
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-ri-, whence also Sanskrit वध्रि (vadhri, “castrated”).[1] Beekes proposes Pre-Greek origin on the grounds of the initial fluctuating vowel.[2]
Adjective
[edit]ἔθρις • (éthris)
- castrated; (nominalised) eunuch; wether (castrated ram)
- Synonyms: τομίας (tomías, “castrated”); εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos), σπάδων (spádōn, “eunuch”); κριός (kriós, “ram”)
- [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Ε:
- ἔθρις· τομίας, κριός
- éthris; tomías, kriós
- éthris: castrated, ram]
- [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Ι:
- ἴθρις· σπάδων, τομίας, εὐνοῦχος
- íthris; spádōn, tomías, eunoûkhos
- íthris: eunuch, castrated, eunuch]
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1. u̯edh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1115
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔθρις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378