ἀήρ
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἦρι
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
ēri
English translation (word)
early
Transliteration (Etymon)
aēr
English translation (etymon)
morning mist, air
Source
idem
Ref.
b Schol. Il. 1.477b
Ed.
H. Erbse, Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem (scholia vetera), vols. 1-5, 7, Berlin: De Gruyter, 1:1969; 2:1971; 3:1974; 4:1975; 5:1977; 7:1988
Quotation
γίνεται δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ἀήρ ἀέρος ἀέρι καὶ ἦρι
Translation (En)
It comes from aēr "air", aeros, aeri, and ēri "early"
Parallels
Schol. Od. 2.1c4 Pontani (ἠριγένεια] ἡ ἐν τῷ ἦρι ἤγουν ὄρθρῳ γεννωμένη, ἢ ἡ γεννωμένη ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀέρος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 437 (Ἦρι μάλα: Ὄρθρου πάνυ, τὸ πρωῒ, ἕωθεν. Ἀπὸ τοῦ αἴρεσθαι ἡμᾶς τῆς κοίτης κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον. Τὸ δὲ ἦρι, ὀνοματικὸν ἐπίρρημα. Ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀὴρ ἀέρος ἀέρι, καὶ κατὰ κρᾶσιν, ἦρι. Τὸ δὲ ἀέρι καὶ διὰ τοῦ η φησὶν ὁ ποιητὴς, ‘Ἠέρι γὰρ κατείχετο’)
Modern etymology
From ἠέρι "in the morning" with contraction, derived from the r-stem derived from "dawn" and found in αὔριον "tomorrow" and ἀήρ "(morning) mist", hence "air" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology relying on a contraction. It is semantically unclear. We don't know what meaning of ἀήρ is implied here, whether the old one "mist" or the classical one "air", and the relationship between "mist"/"air" and "early" is left unexplained