ἐν
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
ἔντερον
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
enteron
English translation (word)
intestine, gut
Transliteration (Etymon)
en
English translation (etymon)
in
Century
2 AD
Reference
Peri Pathôn, Lentz III/2, p. 197
Edition
A. Lentz, Grammatici graeci III/2, Leipzig 1870
Source
Epimerismi homerici
Ref.
Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, epsilon 186
Ed.
A.R. Dyck, Epimerismi Homerici: Pars altera. Lexicon αἱμωδεῖν [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 5.2] Berlin - New York: De Gruyter, 1995: 59-761
Quotation
παρὰ τὴν ἐν πρόθεσιν γίνεται τὸ ἐντός καὶ ὡς παρὰ τὴν ὑπέρ ὑπέρτερος, οὕτως παρὰ τὴν ἐν ἔντερον
Translation (En)
From the prefix en "in" comes entos "inside", and as from huper comes huperteros, so from en comes enteron "intestine"
Parallels
This is the only occurrence
Modern etymology
Ἔντερον is connected within Greek with ἐντός and ἐν and goes back to an inherited *h1entero- "inside part", derivative of *h1en "in" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
Modern Greek still has έντερο in vernacular and medical vocabulary to designate the digestive tube beginning from the stomach. There also is εντερο- as first compound, such as in εντεροπάθεια, εντερολογία etc.
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
The word is understood as a derivative of en "in", built with the oppositive suffix -tero-, and this analysis is backed by the parallel ὑπέρ / ὑπέρτερος. All the competing etymologies parse the word as a compound, but all except one agree that the first element is ἐν or ἐντός "inside". Herodian's analysis is the correct one by modern standards.