ἠώς + ῥέω
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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
Translation (En)
Euros. East wind. And also "breadth", and the flow of fire. The wind: "as the euros and the notos…" From euros "breadth, so that it is the one blowing broadly and widely. Or as an *euros "mould", as it were, for because of its warmth, it makes you sweat. Or from "flowing from the east", eastern – for the opposite wind, the western one, the zephyr, is the one flowing from the occident (zophos). Or from aura "breeze". Euros, neuter, which means the breadth, through which is is possible to flow well and to move on, Or from eō "to go", the one widely moving
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Compositional etymology, modelled after that of ζέφυρος "West wind", assumed to be a compound of ζόφος "obscurity" and ῥέω "to flow" (etymology ex antonymo). Logically, the symmetrical East wind is assumed to come from "flowing from the East". The first member of the compound is the name of dawn, which is frequently used with the meaning "East"