ἀείρω
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Quotation
Ἀλλὰ καὶ ὧς θοὸν ἆορ ἀπὸ χθονὸς αὖτις ἀείρας
Translation (En)
Nevertheless, picking up again his quick sword from the earth
Parallels
1. Etymologies by "to lift:: Nonnus, Dion. 33.197 (οὐ δόρυ θοῦρον ἔχων, οὐ φοίνιον ἆορ ἀείρων); Etym. Genuinum, alpha 954 (Ἄορ· τὸ ξίφος· παρὰ τὸ ἀείρω ἄορ· καὶ ἀορτήρ Λ 31, τὸ ἀπῃωρημένον. ἢ παρὰ τὸ αἴρω ἀρτήρ, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ο ἀορτήρ. ἢ ἐν ᾧ τὸ ξίφος κρέμαται, ἱμάς Λ 30–31· ‘αὐτὰρ περὶ κουλεὸν ἦεν | ἀργύρεον χρυσέοισιν ἀορτήρεσσιν ἀρηρός’); Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 157 (Ἄορ· τὸ ξίφος· παρὰ τὸ ἀείρω ἄορ); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 116 (Ἄορ: Παρὰ τὸ ἀείρω, ἄορ, τὸ ξίφος, ὅπλον, δόρυ); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, alpha, p. 232 (Ἄορ. τὸ ξίφος. παρὰ τὸ ἀείρω ἄορ); Lexicon αἱμωδεῖν, alpha 74 (ἄορ: τὸ ξίφος· παρὰ τὸ ἀείρω ἄορ).
2. Etymologies by "to bind": Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 2, p. 128 (Ἔστι ῥῆμα ἀείρω τὸ ὁμοῦ εἴρω καὶ συζευγνύω, ὡς τὸ «σὺν δ’ ἤειρεν», ἤγουν συνέζευξε, συνέδησεν. Ἐξ αὐτοῦ ῥηματικὸν ὄνομα ἄορ ἡ συνεζευγμένη καὶ ὁμοῦ οὖσα τῷ ἀνδρὶ γυνή. διὰ δὲ τὴν πρὸς τὸ ξίφος συνέμπτωσιν μετατεθὲν τὸ ἄορ γέγονεν ὄαρ); ibid., vol. 2, p. 379 (Προϋπάρχει δὲ τῶν τοιούτων τὸ ἀείρειν καὶ ἡ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἄορ καὶ ἡ ξυνάορος καὶ ὁ ξυνάορος. ὅθεν ἐν μεταθέσει τὸ ὀαρίζειν καὶ τά, ὡς ἐρρέθη, ἐξ αὐτοῦ); ibid., vol. 2, p. 722 (Ὄαρ δέ, ὡς καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ δηλοῦται, ἡ γυνή, ἐκ τοῦ ἀείρω τὸ συζευγνύω, ἐξ οὗ ἄορ καὶ μεταθέσει ὄαρ, ἵνα μὴ συνεμπίπτῃ πρὸς τὸ ἄορ τὸ ξίφος)
Comment
The etymology is implicit in Quintus of Smyrna but may be considered certain. It was the standard explanation in Antiquity. It is a derivational etymology deriving ἄορ "sword" from ἀείρω "to lift", relying on the familiar alternation ε ~ ο. The word means "the suspended one" because it is hanging from the baldric. However, there are two verbs ἀείρω, one meaning "to lift" and the other one "to bind". Authors relating ἄορ to "to bind" explain it by the same fact that it is attached to the baldric.