θείως + ὀρούω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
θοῦρος
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
thouros
English translation (word)
impetuous
Transliteration (Etymon)
theiōs + orouō
English translation (etymon)
divinely + to rush forward
Source
idem
Ref.
T Schol. Il. 5.35
Ed.
H. Erbse, Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem (scholia vetera), vols. 1-5, 7, Berlin: De Gruyter, 1969-1988
Quotation
θοῦρον {ἄρηα}: θείως ὀρούοντα
Translation (En)
Thouron "impetuous": divinely (theiōs) rushing forward (orouonta)
Parallels
Geneva Schol. Il. 5.30 (θοῦρον] τὸν ὁρμητικὸν, τὸν θείως ὀρούοντα)
Modern etymology
Older *θόρϝος. Belongs with θρώσκω, ἔθορον "to leap". Cognate with OIr. -dair "to leap upon", from PIE *dherh3- "to jump" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No. MG still has the derived adjective θούριος "warlike" as a learned word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology. The first member of the compound is assumed to be the adverb θείως, because the adjective is an epithet of Ares, who is a god, hence θεῖος "divine". This etymology was designed specifically for this context. It looks like a modification of the etymology θοῦρος / θοῶς + ὀρούω, which has the same structure and is less context-dependent