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εὖρος

Transliteration (Word)

euros

English translation (word)

east wind

Transliteration (Etymon)

eurus

English translation (etymon)

broad

Author

Orion

Century

5 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etymologicum, epsilon, p. 53

Ed.

F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820

Quotation

Εὖρος, ὁ ἄνεμος. παρὰ τὸ εὐρὺ καὶ σφοδρὸν τῆς πνοῆς.

Translation (En)

Euros, the <East> wind, From the broad (euru) and strong character of its blow

Comment

Derivational etymology, relying on the quasi-homonymy between εῦρος (ὁ) "East wind" εὖρος (τὂ) "breadth".

Parallels

Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 563 (Εὖρος <ε 295>· ... διὰ τὸ πλατύ· εὖρος γὰρ πλάτος ἐστίν. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἔω, τὸ πορεύομαι, ὁ πορευόμενος εἰς πλάτος. ἢ παρὰ τὸ εὐρὺ καὶ σφοδρὸν τοῦ πνεύματος); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, epsilon, p. 563 (Εὖρος· ἄνεμος· ἀπὸ τοῦ πλάτους πνεῖ τοῦ κύκλου); 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)

Modern etymology

Unknown

Persistence in Modern Greek

MG still has εύρος "south-east wind", asa a learned word

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