ἐρείδω

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Word-form

ἠρία

Transliteration (Word)

ērion

English translation (word)

burial mound, tomb

Transliteration (Etymon)

ereidō

English translation (etymon)

cause to lean, plant

Author

Scholia in Theocritum

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

Comment

Derivational descriptive etymology, which relies on a weak formal basis (the syllable /er/, with long or short vowel)

Parallels

There is no parallel

Modern etymology

Unknown (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

Entry By

Le Feuvre