εἶμι
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
εἶαρ
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
ear
English translation (word)
blood
Transliteration (Etymon)
eimi
English translation (etymon)
to go
Century
2 AD
Reference
Περί ὀρθογραφίας, Lentz III/2, p. 496
Edition
A. Lentz, Grammatici graeci, vol. III/2, Leipzig, 1870
Source
Etym. Magnum
Ref.
Etym. Magnum, p. 294
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Etymologicum magnum, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1848 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1967)
Quotation
(Lentz) εἶαρ: τὸ αἷμα καὶ εἰαροπότης ὁ αἱματοπότης, ὥς φησι Καλλίμαχος «τὸ δ’ ἐκ μέλαν εἶαρ ἔδαπτεν»· διὰ τῆς ει διφθόγγου· γέγονε γὰρ παρὰ τὸ εἴω τὸ πορεύομαι τὸ τοῦ ἰέναι καὶ πορεύεσθαι ἡμᾶς αἴτιον. ὡς γὰρ εἴλω εἶλαρ καὶ ἔδω ἔδαρ εἶδαρ, οὕτω καὶ εἶαρ
Translation (En)
Eiar, the "blood", and eiaropotēs the "blood-drinker", as Callimachus says ‘to d' ek melan eiar edapten’. With the diphthong <ei>. For it comes from eiō "to go", the one that is the cause by which we go and walk. As eilō, eilar, and edō *edar, eidar, so, too, eiar
Parallels
έαρ
Modern etymology
Old name of blood, cognate with Ved. ásr̥k, Hitt. eshar, Toch.B yasar "blood" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology. This old word for "blood" is derived from εἶμι, not because blood "goes" but because it enables us to move. This derivation justifies the spelling εἶαρ as the proper one, assuming that ἔαρ is a secondary form