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δῆρις

Transliteration (Word)

dēris

English translation (word)

fight

Transliteration (Etymon)

daiō

English translation (etymon)

to divide

Author

Orion

Century

5 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etymologicum, delta, p. 50

Ed.

F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820

Quotation

Δῆρις. παρὰ τὸ δαίω τὸ κόπτω καὶ σφάζω, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ

Translation (En)

Dēris "fight": from daiō "to cut" and "to kill", by addition of /r/

Comment

This is a shorter formulation of Herodian's etymology δαίω "to divide" → δάις "battle" → δήις → δῆρις. The direct etymon of δῆρις, which is δάις "battle", is erased and only the etymon of δάις, δαίω "to divide" is provided as etymon for δῆρις. However, in some sources δῆρις is labelled "deverbal noun" (ῥηματικὸν ὄνομα): this means that a noun ultimately derived from a verb, be it via another noun, is itself labelled ῥηματικός

Parallels

Herodian, Περὶ ῥηματικῶν ὀνομάτων, Lentz III/2, p. 898 (ap. Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 475) (τὰ εἰς ρις θηλυκὰ ῥηματικὰ δισύλλαβα βαρύτονα ἑνὶ φωνήεντι θέλει παραλήγεσθαι οἷον χαίρω χάρις, εἴρω Ἶρις, δαίω δῆρις); Choeroboscus, De orthographia (epitome), p. 221 (Ἴρις: Σημαίνει δὲ καὶ τὴν ἄγγελον τῶν θεῶν, καὶ τὸ τόξον ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ φαινόμενον, διὰ τοῦ ι· ἐπειδὴ τὰ εἰς ρις θηλυκὰ ῥηματικὰ δισύλλαβα βαρύτονα ἑνὶ φωνήεντι παραλήγεται· χαίρω, χάρις· εἴρω, ἔρις· κυρίως γὰρ ἡ μάχη ἡ διὰ λόγων γενομένη· δαίω, σημαίνει δὲ τὸ κόπτω, δαῖς καὶ κατὰ τροπὴν τοῦ α εἰς η δὴς, καὶ κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ ρ δῆρις, οὕτως καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἴρω, τοῦ σημαίνοντος τὸ λέγω, γέγονεν Ἴρις); Etym. Gudianum, delta, p. 351 (Δηλητήριον· ἀπὸ τοῦ δηλῶ, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ βλάπτω· τοῦτο ἀπὸ τοῦ δῆρις, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν μάχην, δηρῶ καὶ δηλῶ· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ δαίω, τὸ διακόπτω); ibid., p. 354 (Δῆρις· ἡ μάχη· παρὰ τὸ δαίω, τὸ κόπτω καὶ σφάζω, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, beta, p. 261 (εἴρηται παρὰ τὸ βαίνω βᾶρις, ὡς δαίω δῆρις); Etym. Symeonis, delta 166 (τὸ δὲ δῆρις ἀπὸ τοῦ δαίω, τὸ κόπτω)

Modern etymology

Unclear (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

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