Ἄρης
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
ἀρήγω
Transliteration (Word)
arēgō
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
Arēs
Century
3 BC
Source
Etym. Genuinum
Ref.
Etym. Genuinum, alpha 1165
Ed.
F. Lasserre and N. Livadaras, Etymologicum magnum genuinum. Symeonis etymologicum una cum magna grammatica. Etymologicum magnum auctum, vol. 2, Athens: Parnassos Literary Society, 1992
Quotation
Ἀρήγω· τὸ βοηθῶ. εἴρηται παρὰ τὸν ἄρην, τὸν σημαίνοντα τὸν πόλεμον, ἀρήγω, ὥσπερ καὶ βοηθῶ λέγεται τὸ ἐπὶ βοὴν θέειν, βοή γὰρ καὶ ὁ πόλεμος, ἀπὸ τοῦ παρεπομένου· ἀρήγω οὖν ἀρηγός καὶ ἀρωγός, ὥσπερ καὶ ῥηχμός ῥωχμός, ‘ῥωχμὸς ⟦γὰρ⟧ ἔην γαίης’ (Il. 23.420), παρώχηκε παρώχωκε (sic). οὕτως Ἀπολλόδωρος (FGH 244 F 236) καὶ Κρατῖνος καὶ Χρύσιππος Περὶ ἐτυμολογίας