ἐρέσσω
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Etymon-lemma
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Transliteration (Etymon)
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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
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)
Comment
Derivational etymology correctly relating the two words