ἄρειος

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Word-form

ἀρείων

Transliteration (Word)

areiōn

English translation (word)

better

Transliteration (Etymon)

areios

English translation (etymon)

warlike

Author

Epimerismi homerici

Century

9 AD

Source

Idem

Ref.

Epimerismi homerici ordine alhabetico traditi, alpha 263

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

ἀρίστη: Ἄρης, ὁ πόλεμος, ἐξ οὗ κτητικὸν ἄρειος, ὡς Εὐριπίδης (HF 413 alibi), ἐξ οὗ συγκριτικὸν ἀρείων καὶ τὸ ὑπερθετικὸν ἄριστος, ὁ ἐν πολέμῳ μέγιστος

Translation (En)

Aristē: Ares, the war, from which the cretic is areios "of Ares, warlike", as in Euripides, HF 413, from which the comparative is areiōn "better" and the superlative aristos, the greatest in battle

Comment

Although ἄρειος (Hom. ἀρήΐος) and ἀρείων are both derived from the name of Ares by Greek scholars, they are most of the time considered two independent derivatives. Here, ἀρείων is apparently derived from ἄρειος, as its comparative, unless one must understand that ἐξ οὗ refers directly to Ares and not to ἄρειος. Reversible etymology (see ἄρειος / ἀρείων).

Parallels

Geneva Schol. Il. 1.260bis (ἀρείοσιν] ἐκ τοῦ Ἀρεύς Ἀρέος ἄρειος καὶ ἀρείων)

Modern etymology

Within Greek, ἀρείων belongs with ἄριστος, ἀρετή but has nothing to do with Ares. PIE root *h2er- "to adapt" (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

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