ἔρρω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to ἐρύω (erúō, drag), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (to drag on the ground). Compare Hittite [Term?] (/⁠warš-⁠/, pluck, reap), Albanian zvarrë (drag on the ground), Latin verro (to drag, to sweep), Old Norse vǫrr (stroke), Latvian vârsms (heap of corn, grain).[1]

Beekes instead supports a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (to turn) via an extension *wert-ye-.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἔρρω • (érrhō)

  1. to go slowly, to limp
  2. to wander
  3. to go or come to harm, to disappear
    (vulgar, usually imperative) Go to hell, perish, begone.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνέρρω (anérrhō)
  • ἀπέρρω (apérrhō)
  • εἰσέρρω (eisérrhō)
  • ἐξέρρω (exérrhō)
  • περιέρρω (periérrhō)

References

  1. ^ “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke