θέω + ἀήρ

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Word-form

θύρα

Transliteration (Word)

thura

English translation (word)

door

Transliteration (Etymon)

theō + aēr

English translation (etymon)

to run + air

Author

Etym. Magnum

Century

12 AD

Source

Idem

Ref.

Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 458

Ed.

T. Gaisford, Etymologicum Magnum, Oxford, 1848

Quotation

Θύρα: Παρὰ τὸ θύω, τὸ ὁρμῶ. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ θέω καὶ τὸ ἀὴρ, θέαρα καὶ θύρα. Καὶ θυωρὸς, ὁ τῶν πυλῶν φύλαξ

Translation (En)

Thura "door": from thuō "to rage, to move violently". Or from theō "to run" and aēr "air", *theara and thura. And thu<r>ōros "gatekeeper".

Comment

This etymology might result from a mistake on the etymology θύρα / θεωρέω. The word is parsed as a compound, the door being defined as that which allows "to run in the open"

Parallels

There is no parallel

Modern etymology

Old inherited name of the door, from PIE *dhur-, cognate with Lat. forum, foras "out", Engl. door (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

MG still has θύρα 1. as a learned word designating 'door'; the usual word is πόρτα, borrowed from Italian, 2. with the meaning of 'gate' for a stadium. There also is the phrase "κεκλεισμένων των θυρών", "with the doors closed

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