ἐρέω

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Word-form

ἐρευνάω

Transliteration (Word)

ereunaō

Transliteration (Etymon)

ereō

Author

Heraclides Ponticus the Younger

Century

2 AD

Source

Eustathius of Thessalonica

Ref.

Comm. Il., vol. 2, p. 422

Ed.

M. van der Valk, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, Leiden, 1971-1987

Quotation

Τὸ δὲ ἐρέων καὶ τὸ αὐτοῦ θέμα πρωτότυπά εἰσι τοῦ ἐρευνῶ καὶ ἐρευνῶν. Παραγωγὴ δὲ αὐτῶν κατὰ τὸ ἱκνῶ καὶ οἰχνῶ. Ὡς γὰρ ἵκω ἱκνῶ, οἴχω οἰχνῶ, οὕτω ἐρέω ἐρεύω, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ν Δωρικῶς ἐρευνῶ κατὰ χρῆσιν κοινήν. ἄλλως γὰρ κατὰ Ἡρακλείδην βαρύνεσθαι ὤφειλεν, οὐ μόνον διότι Αἰολικόν, φησί, τὸ ἐρεύω, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅτι πάντα τὰ πλεονάσαντα τῷ νυ ὁμοτονεῖ τοῖς πρωτοτύποις, οἷον ἐλάω ἐλαύω Αἰολικῶς, καὶ ἐλαύνω κατὰ Δωριεῖς, θύω θύνω, δύω δύνω.

ἐρέω + εὐνή

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Word-form

ἐρευνῶ

Transliteration (Word)

ereunaō

Transliteration (Etymon)

ereō + eunē

Author

Choeroboscus

Century

9 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 175

Ed.

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

Quotation

ἐξερευνήσατο, ἐξερευνῶ γίνεται παρὰ τὴν ἐρεύναν, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἐρῶ, τὸ ἐρεύνω. Καὶ Ὅμηρος, ‘τὰς ἐρέων Ὀδυσσῆϊ συνήντετο’, ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἐρῶ τὸ ἐρωτῶ, καὶ τὸ εὐνὴ, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν διατριβὴν, ὁ γὰρ ἐρευνῶν ἐπὶ πολὺ ἐρωτῶν ἐνδιατρίβει)