See also: έαρ

Ancient Greek edit

Pronunciation edit

 

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Hellenic *éhər, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥. Cognates include Hittite 𒂊𒌍𒄯 (ēšḫar), Sanskrit असृज् (asṛj), Old Armenian արիւն (ariwn), Latin sanguis and Old Latin assyr.

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Noun edit

ἔᾰρ (éarn (genitive ἔᾰρος); third declension

  1. blood, gore
    • Oppian of Corycus, Halieutica 2.616–18:
           οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐπαΐγδην γενύεσσι
      σάρκας ἀφαρπάζουσι καὶ ἀρτιχύτοιο φόνοιο
      θερμὸν ἔαρ λάπτουσιν·
           hoi mèn gàr epaḯgdēn genúessi
      sárkas apharpázousi kaì artikhútoio phónoio
      thermòn éar láptousin;
      They rush upon him and rend his flesh with their jaws and lap the warm gore of new-shed blood.
  2. juice
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Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Hellenic *wéhər, from Proto-Indo-European *wésr̥. Cognates include Latin ver, Persian بهار (bahâr), Sanskrit वसन्त (vasantá) and वसर् (vasar, morning), Old Norse vár, Old Armenian գարուն (garun), Old Church Slavonic весна (vesna).

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Noun edit

ἔᾰρ (éarn (genitive ἔᾰρος); third declension

  1. spring (season)
    Coordinate terms: θέρος (théros), ὀπώρα (opṓra), χειμών (kheimṓn)
  2. prime, freshness, flower
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Descendants edit
  • Greek: έαρ (éar)

References edit

  • ἔαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἔαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἔαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἔαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἔαρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἔαρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἔαρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • ἔαρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.