δρῦς

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Word-form

ἐδρύφθη

Transliteration (Word)

druptō

English translation (word)

to tear

Transliteration (Etymon)

drûs

English translation (etymon)

oak

Author

Orion

Century

5 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etymologicum

Ed.

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

Quotation

Ἐδρύφθη, ἐξέσθη. ἀπὸ τῆς λεπιζομένης δρυός.

Translation (En)

Edruphthē "it was scraped", from the oak (druos) that is flayed

Comment

Derivational etymology, a variant of the etymology by δόρυ (see δρύπτω / δρῦς)

Parallels

Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 401 (Ἐδρύφθη· τὸ ἐξύσθη· παρὰ τὸ λεπίζεσθαι τὴν δρῦν ἡ μεταφορά); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 3, p. 221 (ἀπὸ δρυῶν δὲ τὸ δρύπτω, ὅ ἐστι ξύλων, ἃ λέπονται τοῦ φλοιοῦ); ibid., vol. 3, p. 857 (Δρύπτειν δὲ κυρίως μὲν ἐπὶ λεπισμοῦ δρυῶν, ἤτοι ξύλων, καταχρηστικῶς δὲ καὶ τὸ ἁπλῶς ξέειν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 288 (Δρύπτω: Τὸ σπαράττω. Ὅμηρος, ‘Δρυψάμενοι δ’ ὀνύχεσσι παρειάς’. Παρὰ τὰς δρῦς. Τὸ γὰρ παλαιὸν ἁρπάζοντες τὰς βαλάνους, περιπαίοντες ἀλλήλους ἐσπάραττον· ἀπὸ δὲ τούτου, δρυμάσσω ῥῆμα τὸ σπαράττω. Ἢ ἀπὸ τῶν περιλεπιζομένων δρυῶν εἴρηται); Etym. Symeonis, delta 367 (Δρύπτω: Τὸ σπαράττω. Ὅμηρος, ‘Δρυψάμενοι δ’ ὀνύχεσσι παρειάς’. Παρὰ τὰς δρῦς. Τὸ γὰρ παλαιὸν ἁρπάζοντες τὰς βαλάνους, καὶ περιπαίοντες ἀλλήλους ἐσπάραττον); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, delta, p. 574 (idem)

Modern etymology

Probably related to δέρω, despite Beekes' skepticism (EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

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