εὖ + ῥέω
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Εὖρος. τὸ πλάτος. δι’ οὗ ἐστὶν εὖ ῥεῖν καὶ φέρεσθαι. παρὰ τὸ εὖρος εὐρὺς, ὡς πλάτος πλατύς [NB: Orion has εὐρεῖν]
Translation (En)
Euros, the "breadth", through which it is possible to flow well (eu rhein) and to move on. From euros comes eurus "broad", as platos "width", platus "wide"
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Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, alpha 24 (εὐρυάγυιαν (Β 66): εὐρύς ἐστι παρασύνθετον παρὰ τὸ εὖρος· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ εὖ ῥεῖν, ὅ ἐστιν εὐκόλως φέρεσθαι); ibid., epsilon 102 (εἰ γὰρ τὸ εὖρος παρὰ τὸ εὖ ῥεῖν καὶ φέρεσθαι εἴπομεν καὶ τὸ εὐρύς ἐξ αὐτοῦ δηλονότι παρασύνθετον, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ συνθέτου ὀξύνεται τὸ εὐρύς); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 564 (Εὐρυάγυιαν <Β 66>· ... [εὐρύς] ἔστι παρασύνθετον παρὰ τὸ εὖρος· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ εὖ ῥεῖν, ὅ ἐστιν εὐκόλως φέρεσθαι); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 396 (Εὖρος: Ἀπηλιώτης ἄνεμος· καὶ τὸ πλάτος, καὶ ὁ ῥοῦς τοῦ πυρός. Ὁ ἄνεμος, ‘Ὡς δ’ εὖρός τε νότος τε’. Παρὰ τὸ εὖρος, τὸ πλάτος, ἵν’ ᾖ ὁ πλατὺς καὶ ἐπίπλατος πνέων. Ἢ εὖρός τις ὤν· ἐπεὶ ἱδρωτοποιὸς διὰ θερμότητα. Ἢ ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς ἕω ῥέων, ἀνατολικός· ὁ γὰρ ἐναντίος αὐτῷ δυτικός· ζέφυρος δὲ, ὁ ἐκ τοῦ ζόφου ῥέων. Ἢ παρὰ τὴν αὖραν, τὴν πνοήν. Εὖρος οὐδετέρως, τὸ σημαντικὸν τοῦ πλάτους· δι’ οὗ ἐστιν εὖ ῥεῖν καὶ φέρεσθαι. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἕω, τὸ πορευόμενον εἰς πλάτος); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 962 (Εὖρος· τὸ πλάτος, δι’ οὗ ἐστιν εὖ ῥεῖν καὶ φέρεσθαι· σημαίνει καὶ τὸν ἄνεμον, παρὰ τὴν αὔραν); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, epsilon, p. 918 (Εὖρος. τὸ πλάτος, δι’ οὗ ἐστὶν εὑρεῖν καὶ φέρεσθαι. σημαίνει καὶ τὸν ἄνεμον [τὸν ἀφηλιώτην.] παρὰ τὴν αὔραν, τὴν πνοήν)
Comment
Compositional etymology, preserved in the Byzantine Etymologica, while Orion has the erroneous εὑρεῖν "to find". Here the etymon ῥέω is probably used as a synonym of "to sail"