εἶθαρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from *εὖθαρ (*eûthar), compare εὐθύς (euthús) ~ *εἰθύς (*eithús) ~ ἰθῠ́ς (ithús, “straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hyéwdʰ-r̥ from the root *Hyewdʰ-. Maybe directly cognate to Latin iubar (“dawning light”).

Beekes is skeptical, and leaves the origin open.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /êː.tʰar/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.tʰar/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θar/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θar/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.θar/

Adverb

εἶθᾰρ • (eîthar)

at once, immediately, forthwith

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἶθᾰρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 380

“εἶθαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“εἶθαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“εἶθαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
εἶθαρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Willi, Andreas (2001) “Lateinisch iubēre, griechisch εὐϑύς und ein indogermanisches Rechtskonzept”, in Historische Sprachforschung (in German), volume 114, number 1. H., →DOI, pages 117–146

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἶθᾰρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 380

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