γῆ + φύρω
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
γέφυρα
Transliteration (Word)
gephura
Transliteration (Etymon)
gē + phurō
Century
11 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etym. Gudianum, gamma, p. 308
Ed.
E.L. de Stefani, Etymologicum Gudianum, fasc. 1 & 2, Leipzig: Teubner, 1:1909; 2:1920
Quotation
Γέφυρα· παρὰ τὸ γῆ καὶ τὸ φύρω, τὸ ἀναμιγνύω· […] ἡ τῇ γῇ φυρα[ν]θεῖσα. ἢ παρὰ τὸ γέφυγρα, ἡ ἐφ’ ὑγρῷ κειμένη γῆ
γῆ + ἐπί + ὑγρός
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
γέφυρα
Transliteration (Word)
gephura
Transliteration (Etymon)
gē + epi + hugros
Century
2 AD
Reference
Peri Pathôn, Lentz III/2, p. 295
Source
Eustathius
Ref.
Commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem 4, 495
Ed.
M. van der Valk, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, Leiden, 1971-1987
Quotation
ὅτι κυρίως γέφυρά ἐστι γῆ ἐφ’ ὑγρᾶς, Ἡρωδιανὸς λέγει
γῆ + φέρω
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
γέφυρα
Transliteration (Word)
gephura
Transliteration (Etymon)
gē + pherō
Source
Idem
Ref.
Scholia in Pindarum, Nem. 6.67a
Ed.
A.B. Drachmann, Scholia vetera in Pindari carmina, 3 vols., Leipzig: Teubner, 1:1903; 2:1910; 3:1927
Quotation
πόντου τε γέφυρα: ὡς καὶ ἐν Ἰσθμοῖ νενικηκότος αὐτοῦ· πόντου γὰρ γέφυρα ὁ Ἰσθμός· τεσσαράκοντα τριῶν γὰρ σταδίων ἀμφιθάλασσος ἦν. καὶ ἔστι κατὰ τὸ ἔτυμον γέφυρα ἡ διὰ τῆς γῆς φέρουσα ὁδός