ἐρωή
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.rɔː.ɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.roˈe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.roˈi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.roˈi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.roˈi/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s- (“to flow, rush”), the same root found in Proto-Germanic *rēsō (“running, rush”) and perhaps Latin rōrāriī (“skirmishers”).[1]
Noun
ἐρωή • (erōḗ) f (genitive ἐρωῆς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐρωή hē erōḗ |
τὼ ἐρωᾱ́ tṑ erōā́ |
αἱ ἐρωαί hai erōaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐρωῆς tês erōês |
τοῖν ἐρωαῖν toîn erōaîn |
τῶν ἐρωῶν tôn erōôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐρωῇ tēî erōēî |
τοῖν ἐρωαῖν toîn erōaîn |
ταῖς ἐρωαῖς taîs erōaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐρωήν tḕn erōḗn |
τὼ ἐρωᾱ́ tṑ erōā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ἐρωᾱ́ς tā̀s erōā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐρωή erōḗ |
ἐρωᾱ́ erōā́ |
ἐρωαί erōaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- ἐρωέω (erōéō)
Etymology 2
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁roh₁-weh₂, from *h₁reh₁- (“quiet, calm”), the same root of Proto-Germanic *rōō (“calm, quiet, rest”).[1]
Noun
ἐρωή • (erōḗ) f (genitive ἐρωῆς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐρωή hē erōḗ |
τὼ ἐρωᾱ́ tṑ erōā́ |
αἱ ἐρωαί hai erōaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐρωῆς tês erōês |
τοῖν ἐρωαῖν toîn erōaîn |
τῶν ἐρωῶν tôn erōôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐρωῇ tēî erōēî |
τοῖν ἐρωαῖν toîn erōaîn |
ταῖς ἐρωαῖς taîs erōaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐρωήν tḕn erōḗn |
τὼ ἐρωᾱ́ tṑ erōā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ἐρωᾱ́ς tā̀s erōā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐρωή erōḗ |
ἐρωᾱ́ erōā́ |
ἐρωαί erōaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- ἐρωέω (erōéō)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρωή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 469
Further reading
- “ἐρωή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐρωή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐρωή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐρωή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἐρωή, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011