ἐρέω

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Word-form

ἐρωτῶ

Transliteration (Word)

erōtaō

Transliteration (Etymon)

ereō

Author

Choeroboscus

Century

9 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 149

Ed.

T. Gaisford, Georgii Choerobosci epimerismi in Psalmos, vol. 3, Oxford, 1842

Quotation

Ἐρῶ σημαίνει δʹ· τὸ λέγω, ‘ἄλλο δέ τοι ἐρέω’, ἐξ οὗ καὶ ὁ μέσος παρακείμενος εἴρηκα, καὶ εἱρμός· σημαίνει καὶ τὸ ἐρωτῶ, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ τὸ ἠρώμην καὶ ἠρώτων, καὶ Ὅμηρος ‘πάντων Ἀργείων (ἐρέων) γενεήν τε τόκον τε’. καὶ τὸ ζητῶ, ὡς τὸ ‘τὰς ἐρέων Ὀδυσσέα συνήντετο’, καὶ τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ, ἐξ οὗ καὶ ἐραστής· καὶ ἑορτὴ, ἣν πάντες ἐπιθυμοῦμεν.

ἔρως

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Word-form

ἐρωτῶ

Transliteration (Word)

erōtaō

Transliteration (Etymon)

erōs

Author

Philoxenus

Century

1 BC

Reference

fr. 488

Edition

C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976

Source

Orion

Ref.

Etymologicum, epsilon, p. 59

Ed.

F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820

Quotation

(Theodoridis) ἐρωτῶ· παρὰ τὴν ἔρωτος γενικὴν γέγονε ἐρωτῶ· ἐπειδὴ οἱ ἐρωτῶντες ὃ εὔχονται μαθεῖν τοῖς ἐρῶσιν ἐοίκασιν. οὕτω Φιλόξενος.