οὖρος

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Word-form

ἐπίουρος

Transliteration (Word)

epiouros

Transliteration (Etymon)

ouros

Author

Apollonius Soph.

Century

1 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Lexicon homericum, p. 104

Ed.

I. Bekker, Apollonii Sophistae lexicon Homericum, Berlin, 1833

Quotation

Κρήτῃ ἐπίουρον. οἱ μὲν κατ’ ἀναστροφὴν ἀναγινώσκουσιν, καὶ περισπῶσι τὴν οὖρον, ἵν’ ᾖ ἐπὶ τῇ Κρήτῃ φύλακα· οἱ δὲ περισσήν φασιν εἶναι τὴν ἐπί, ὡς καὶ “βοῶν ἐπιβουκόλος ἀνήρ.” ἡμεῖς δὲ συνθέτως ἐπίουρος, οἷον ἐπιφύλαξ, ὃν τρόπον καὶ ὁ τεκτονικὸς λέγεται [δὲ] ἐπίουρος ὁ ἐπιφυλάσσων καὶ συνέχων τὰ συναρμοζόμενα ξύλα.

ἐπί + οὖρος

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Word-form

ἐπίουρος

Transliteration (Word)

epiouros

Transliteration (Etymon)

epi + ouros

Author

Aristarchus

Century

2 BC

Source

Scholia in Homerum

Ref.

A Scholion Il. 13.450

Ed.

H. Erbse, Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem (scholia vetera), vols. 1-5, 7, Berlin: De Gruyter, 1:1969; 2:1971; 3:1974; 4:1975; 5:1977; 7:1988

Quotation

Κρήτῃ ἐπίουρον. τοῦτο τριχῶς ἀνεγνώσθη. Ζηνόδοτος γάρ, ὡς ἐπίκουρον, ἐκδεχόμενος βασιλέα καὶ φύλακα. καὶ Ἀρίσταρχος δὲ οὕτως, ἐκδεχόμενος τὸν φύλακα, μέμνηται δὲ καὶ ὁ Δίδυμος τῆς ἀποδόσεως καὶ Τρύφων. ἐκεῖνο δὲ προστίθησιν ὁ Τρύφων, ὅτι ὁ ἐπίουρος, ὡς ἐπίσκοπος, οὐ πάντως ἔχει ἐγκείμενον τὸν οὖρον τὸν φύλακα κατὰ ταύτην τὴν ἀπόδοσιν· τί γὰρ κεκώλυκε παρὰ τὸ ὁρῶ εἶναι ἐπίορον καὶ ἐπίουρον τὸν ἐπιορῶντα, ἐψιλῶσθαι δὲ διὰ τὴν ἐπένθεσιν τοῦ υ;

ἐφοράω

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Word-form

ἐπίουρος

Transliteration (Word)

epiouros

Transliteration (Etymon)

ephoraō

Author

Tryphon

Century

1 BC

Source

Scholia in Homerum

Ref.

A Scholion Il. 13.450

Ed.

H. Erbse, Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem (scholia vetera), vols. 1-5, 7, Berlin: De Gruyter, 1:1969; 2:1971; 3:1974; 4:1975; 5:1977; 7:1988

Quotation

Κρήτῃ ἐπίουρον. τοῦτο τριχῶς ἀνεγνώσθη. Ζηνόδοτος γάρ, ὡς ἐπίκουρον, ἐκδεχόμενος βασιλέα καὶ φύλακα. καὶ Ἀρίσταρχος δὲ οὕτως, ἐκδεχόμενος τὸν φύλακα, μέμνηται δὲ καὶ ὁ Δίδυμος τῆς ἀποδόσεως καὶ Τρύφων. ἐκεῖνο δὲ προστίθησιν ὁ Τρύφων, ὅτι ὁ ἐπίουρος, ὡς ἐπίσκοπος, οὐ πάντως ἔχει ἐγκείμενον τὸν οὖρον τὸν φύλακα κατὰ ταύτην τὴν ἀπόδοσιν· τί γὰρ κεκώλυκε παρὰ τὸ ὁρῶ εἶναι ἐπίορον καὶ ἐπίουρον τὸν ἐπιορῶντα, ἐψιλῶσθαι δὲ διὰ τὴν ἐπένθεσιν τοῦ υ;