ἐρίζω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἔρα
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
era
English translation (word)
earth
Transliteration (Etymon)
erizō
English translation (etymon)
to quarrel
Century
10 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Suda, epsilon 2887
Ed.
A. Adler, Suidae Lexicon, Leipzig: Teubner, 1928-1935
Quotation
Ἐρᾷ: ἐπιθυμεῖ. Ἔρα δὲ ἡ γῆ. παρὰ τὸ ἐρίσαι, ὅπερ ἐστι περὶ ἴσης φιλονεικῆσαι.
Translation (En)
Erâi ""desires". But era is the earth". From erisai "to quarrel", which is to rival about equal land.
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, epsilon, p. 515 (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“)
Modern etymology
Cognate with OHG era "earth", MWelsh era "field", from *h1er- (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
This is an erroneous reformulation of an older etymology deriving ἐρίζω from ἔρα (see ἐρίζω / ἔρα). The reformulation reverses the etymological relationship, as the lemma becomes the etymon and the etymon the lemma