ἔρις

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Wed, 08/05/2026 - 12:10

Word-form

ἔριθοι

Transliteration (Word)

erithos

Transliteration (Etymon)

eris

Author

Scholia vetera in Iliadem

Source

idem

Ref.

A Scholion Il. 18.550d

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

ἔριθοι: νῦν ἐργάται, γεωργοί, παρὰ τὴν ἔραν τὴν γῆν· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἐρίζειν ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ.

ἔρις + θής

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Wed, 08/05/2026 - 12:25

Word-form

ἔριθος

Transliteration (Word)

erithos

Transliteration (Etymon)

eris + thēs

Author

Etym. Magnum

Century

12 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etym. Magnum, p. 373

Ed.

T. Gaisford, Etymologicum magnum, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1848 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1967)

Quotation

Ἔριθος: Σημαίνει τὸν ἐργάτην καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν ἐργαζομένην τὰ ἔρια· καὶ ἐπὶ μὲν τοῦ ἐργάτου, παρὰ τὴν ἔραν, τὴν γῆν, κατὰ μετάθεσιν τοῦ α εἰς ι, ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἔρις καὶ τὸ θὴς, ὃ σημαίνει τὸν μισθωτόν· ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς γυναικὸς, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔριον γέγονεν ἔριθος. Κυρίως δὲ ὁ τὴν γῆν ἐργαζόμενος ἐργάτης ἐπὶ μισθῷ.   

ἔρις + θοός

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Wed, 08/05/2026 - 12:35

Word-form

ἔριθος

Transliteration (Word)

erithos

Transliteration (Etymon)

eris + thoos

Author

Eustathius of Thessalonica

Century

12 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Comm. Od., vol. 1, p. 240

Ed.

G. Stallbaum, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Odysseam, 2 vols. in 1, Leipzig: Weigel, 1:1825; 2:1826 (repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1970)

Quotation

Τὸ δὲ θοῶς ἔριδα προφέρειν, δοκεῖ ἐτυμολογία εἶναι τῆς ἐρίθου καὶ συνερίθου. εἰ γὰρ καὶ παρὰ τὸ ἔριον ἐῤῥέθη γίνεσθαι ἡ ἔριθος, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἀπίθανον, ἔριθον λέγεσθαι καὶ τὴν προφέρουσαν θοῶς ἔριδα

ἔριον

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Wed, 08/05/2026 - 10:10

Word-form

ἔριθος

Transliteration (Word)

erithos

Transliteration (Etymon)

erion

Author

Herodian

Century

2 AD

Reference

Περί ὀρθογραφίας, Lentz III/2, p. 510

Edition

A. Lentz, Grammatici graeci, vol. III/2, Leipzig, 1870

Source

Choeroboscus

Ref.

De orthographia (epitome)

Ed.

J. A. Cramer, Anecdota Graeca e codd. manuscriptis bibliothecarum Oxoniensium, vol. 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1835 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1963)

Quotation

Ἔριθος: ι· σημαίνει δὲ τὸν ἐργάτην, καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν ἐργαζομένην τὰ ἔρια· γέγονεν δὲ τὸ ἀρσενικὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔρα, ὅ ἐστιν ἡ γῆ, ἔραθος, καὶ κατὰ τροπὴν τοῦ α εἰς ι ἔριθος· καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔριον, ἔριθος· 

ἔρα

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Wed, 08/05/2026 - 10:45

Word-form

ἔριθος

Transliteration (Word)

erithos

Transliteration (Etymon)

era

Author

Herodian

Century

2 AD

Reference

Περί ὀρθογραφίας, Lentz III/2, p. 510

Edition

A. Lentz, Grammatici graeci, vol. III/2, Leipzig, 1870

Source

Choeroboscus

Ref.

De orthographia (epitome)

Ed.

J. A. Cramer, Anecdota Graeca e codd. manuscriptis bibliothecarum Oxoniensium, vol. 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1835 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1963)

Quotation

Ἔριθος: ι· σημαίνει δὲ τὸν ἐργάτην, καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν ἐργαζομένην τὰ ἔρια· γέγονεν δὲ τὸ ἀρσενικὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔρα, ὅ ἐστιν ἡ γῆ, ἔραθος, καὶ κατὰ τροπὴν τοῦ α εἰς ι ἔριθος· καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔριον, ἔριθος·