ἐρέσσω

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ἐρέτης

Transliteration (Word)

eretēs

English translation (word)

rower

Transliteration (Etymon)

eressō

English translation (etymon)

to row

Author

Philoxenus

Century

1 BC

Reference

fr. 487*

Edition

C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976

Source

Orion

Ref.

Etymologicum, epsilon, p. 59

Ed.

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

Quotation

ἐρέτης· ἐλῶ ἐλέσσω παράγωγον, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ λ εἰς ρ ἐρέσσω καὶ ἐρέτης.

Translation (En)

Eretēs "rower": elô "to drive", derivative *elessō, and by change of /l/ to /r/, eressō "to row" and eretēs

Comment

Derivational etymology correctly relating the two words

Parallels

Epimerismi homerici Il. 1.142a (ἐρέτης παρὰ τὸ ἐρέσσω, τὸ κωπηλατῶ); Etym. Genuinum, s.v. ἐρέσσειν (ἐρέσσειν· ... παρὰ τὸ ἐλῶ, τὸ ἐλαύνω, γέγονε ἐλέσσω καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ λ εἰς ρ ἐρέσσω, ὅθεν καὶ ἐρέτης); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 520 (Ἐρέτης· ὁ κωπηλάτης· παρὰ τὸ ἐρέσσω· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἔλω, τὸ ἐλαύνω, ἐλέσσω καὶ ἐρέσσω); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 535 (ἐρέτης, ὁ κωπηλάτης, ἐκ τοῦ ἐρέσσω, τὸ ἐλαύνω. ἐρεσία, ἡ κωπηλασία· ἐρετμός, ἡ κώπη); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 370 (Ἐρέσσειν: Τὸ κωπηλατεῖν. Παρὰ τὸ ἐρῶ ἢ ἐλῶ, παράγωγον ἐλέσσω, καὶ ἐρέσσω· ὅθεν καὶ ἐρέτης); Etym. Symeonis, delta 256 (ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ἐρῶ παράγωγον τὸ ἐρέσσω, ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸ ἐρέτης); J. Tzetzes, Exegesis in Homeri Iliadem 1.309 (ἐρέτας· ἐκ τοῦ ἐρέσσω τὸ κωπηλατῶ)

Modern etymology

Belongs with ἐρέσσω "to row", ἐρετμόν "oar", τρι-ήρης "trireme". Cognate with Lat. rēmus "oar", Ved. aritár- "rower", and Engl. row (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

Yes

Entry By

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