ἐράω
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Quotation
ἔρανοι δέ εἰσιν αἱ ἀπὸ τῶν συμβαλλομένων συναγωγαί, ἀπὸ τοῦ συνερᾶν καὶ συμφέρειν ἕκαστον.
Translation (En)
The eranoi "common meals" are those prepared from the gathering of what is brought together, from the fact that each one "loves together" (sunerân) and "brings together" (sumpherein)
Parallels
Athenaeus, Deipn. (epitome), vol. 2.1, p. 173 (idem); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 515 (Ἔρανος <Procop. De bell. 5, 8, 30>· τὸ ἐκ συνεισφορᾶς δῶρον, ἢ ἐντολή, ἢ συλλογή· ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐρῶ, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ); Lexicon αἱμωδεῖν, epsilon 23a (idem); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, epsilon, p. 516 (Ἔρανος· ἀπὸ τοῦ συνερᾶν καὶ ἐπιθυμεῖν συνεισφέρειν τι τοῖς φίλοις καὶ εὐωχεῖσθαι); Eustathius, Comm. Od., vol. 1, p. 438 (καθὰ δηλοῖ ὁ δειπνοσοφιστὴς, λέγων, ὅτι ἔρανοι εἰσὶ κατὰ τοὺς πολλοὺς αἱ ἀπὸ τῶν συμβαλλομένων εἰσαγωγαὶ, ἀπὸ τοῦ συνερᾶσθαί φησι καὶ συμφέρειν ἕκαστον); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 369 (Ἔρανος: Τὸ ἐκ συνεισφορᾶς δῶρον· ἢ ἐντολὴ, ἢ συλλογὴ, ἢ εἰσφορά· ἢ σπουδαιότερον ἀπὸ τοῦ συνερᾶν καὶ ἐπιθυμεῖν καὶ συνεισφέρειν τὶ τοῖς φίλοις καὶ εὐωχεῖσθαι. Ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐρῶ, τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ, ὁ μέλλων, ἐράσω· ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔρανος); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 727 (Ἔρανος· ἀπὸ τοῦ συνερᾶν καὶ ἐπιθυμεῖν συνεισφέρειν τι τοῖς φίλοις καὶ εὐωχεῖσθαι· ἐρῶ ἔρανος, σημαίνει δὲ εἰσφορὰν ἢ συλλογήν. Ἐκ τοῦ ἔρανος ἐρανίζω ἐρανίσω); Scholia in Pindarum, O. 1.62 (Ἔρανος ἡ εὐωχία παρὰ τὸ συνερᾶσθαι καὶ συνεισφέρειν τι τοῖς φίλοις καὶ εὐωχεῖσθαι)
Comment
Derivational etymology. The usual meaning of ἔρανος in Athenaeus' time was "feast", which can be described as "lovely". Therefore, the etymology by ἐράω "to love" was acceptable by Greek standards