ἐρείδω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἠρία
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
ērion
English translation (word)
burial mound, tomb
Transliteration (Etymon)
ereidō
English translation (etymon)
cause to lean, plant
Source
idem
Ref.
Scholia in Theocritum 2.13
Ed.
K. Wendel, Scholia in Theocritum vetera, Leipzig: Teubner, 1914
Quotation
ἠρία: οἱ τάφοι κοινῶς παρὰ τὸ ἐνηρεῖσθαι τῇ γῇ· ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἐπιχεομένην τοῖς νεκροῖς ἔραν, ὅ ἐστι γῆν.
Translation (En)
ēria, the "tombs", usually, from the fact they are planted in the earth (enēreisthai), or from the earth (era) poured upon the dead
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational descriptive etymology, which relies on a weak formal basis (the syllable /er/, with long or short vowel)