idris

See also: Idris

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἴδρις (ídris, “experienced”), alluding to a verse by Hesiod (Works and Days, 778): ὅτε τ'ἴδρις σωρὸν αμᾶται, "while the experienced one gathers a heap", where many philologists, but not all, interpret ἴδρις as a metaphor for "ant."

Suffix

idris

  1. ant

Terms suffixed with -idris

References

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