Ἐρινεός
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἐρινεόν
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
proper name
Transliteration (Word)
erineos
English translation (word)
wild fig-tree
Transliteration (Etymon)
Erineos
English translation (etymon)
Erineos
Century
12 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Magnum, p. 373
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Etymologicum magnum, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1848 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1967)
Quotation
Ἐρινεὸν σῦκον: Ἀπὸ Ἐρινεοῦ τῆς Θετταλίας, ὅπου πρῶτον ὤφθη.
Translation (En)
The wild fig: from Erineon in Thessaly, where it was first seen
Modern etymology
Probably a Pre-Greek word, as many phytonyms (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
The etymology of the tree (or, as here, of the fruit) derives it from a place name that is formally identical. This was backed by the existence of many place names derived from phytonyms (Ἐλαιοῦς, Σελινοῦς, Κυπάρισσος), or conversely (ῥόδον)