περάω

Word

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Last modification

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Word-form

πήρα

Word-lemma

LSJ

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Word)

pēra

English translation (word)

leathern pouch

Transliteration (Etymon)

peraō

English translation (etymon)

to cross, to travel

Author

Scholia in Theocritus

Source

Idem

Ref.

Scholia in Theocritum (vetera) 1.53c

Ed.

K. Wendel, Scholia in Theocritum vetera, Leipzig: Teubner, 1914

Quotation

πήρα παρὰ τὸ φέρω φήρα· οἱ δέ, μεθ’ ἧς πανταχοῦ περῶμεν

Translation (En)

Pēra "leathern pouch", from pherō "to carry", *phera. But for others, it is the one with which we travel (perômen) everywhere.

Comment

Derivational etymology implying one formal change, of [e] to [ē]. The etymology is drawn from the use as a travel bag.

Parallels

There is no parallel.

Modern etymology

Unknown (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

Entry By

Le Feuvre
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