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Ἔραν· τὴν γῆν· ὅτι ἐνε<ρ>ρίζωται. ἢ οὕτω καλοῦσιν <παρὰ τὸ> ἐρίσαι, τὸ περὶ ἴσης γῆς φιλονεικῆσαι, καὶ Ὅμηρος <Μ 423> „ὥ τ’ ὀλίγῳ ἐνὶ χώρῳ ἐρίζητο<ν> περὶ ἴσης“.
Translation (En)
Eran "the earth". Because it is firmly rooted (enerrizōtai). Or it is thus called from erisai "to quarrel", which is to rival about equal land. Homer (Il. 12.423) ‘hō t' oligōi eni khōrōi erizēton peri isēs’ ("and the two of them fight in the strait place over the rights of division", transl. Huddleston)
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 369 (Ἔρα: Ἡ γῆ· ὅτι ἐνερρίζωται. Καὶ οὕτω καλεῖται ἐρίσαι, τὸ περὶ ἴσης γῆς φιλονεικῆσαι, παρὰ τὴν ἔραν. Ὅμηρος, ‘Ὥτ’ ὀλίγῳ ἐνὶ χώρῳ ἐρίζητον περὶ ἴσης’. Ἔνθεν καὶ τὸ ἔραζε, ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 726 (Ἔραν· τὴν γῆν· ὅτι ἐρρίζωται καὶ οὕτως καλοῦσιν ἐρίσαι, τὸ περὶ γῆς φιλονεικῆσαι, παρὰ τὴν ἔραν· ὥ τ’ ὀλίγῃ ἐνὶ χώρῃ ἐρίζετον περὶ ἴσης); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, epsilon, p. 864 (Ἔρα. ἡ γῆ, ὅτι ἐνεῤῥίζωται. καὶ οὕτως καλοῦσιν ἐρίσαι τὸ παρὰ ἴσης γῆς φιλονεικῆσαι. Ὅμηρος· ‘ὥτ’ ὀλίγῳ ἐνὶ χώρῳ ἐρίζητον περὶ ἴσης’— ἔνθεν καὶ τὸ ἔραζε τὸ σημαῖνον τὴν γῆν)
Comment
Derivational etymology, referring to the earth as cosmic body. The earth is firmly installed, "rooted", in the world.