ἄρσεα

Unknown. Schwyzer suggested a relation with ἄρδω (árdō, “to irrigate”), with a suffix -σος like in ἄλσος (álsos, “grove”). The suffix -σος, however, may be a substrate element. Gusmani compares Hittite [script needed] (arši, “plantation”).

ἄρσεα • (ársea)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: λειμῶνες (leimônes, “meadows”)

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄρσεα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
• Hesychius' Lexicon: α