εὔληρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αὔληρα (aúlēra) — Doric

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, round”), the same root of Latin lōrum (“thong”), Old Armenian լար (lar). Or, according to Beekes, from Pre-Greek, given the presence of variations.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěu̯.lɛː.ra/ → /ˈe.βli.ra/ → /ˈe.vli.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.lɛː.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.le̝.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.βli.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vli.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vli.ra/

Noun

εὔληρα • (eúlēra) n pl (genitive εὐλήρων); second declension

1. (plural only) reins

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ εὔληρᾰ; τῶν εὐλήρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ εὔληρᾰ tà eúlēra
Genitive	τῶν εὐλήρων tôn eulḗrōn
Dative	τοῖς εὐλήροις toîs eulḗrois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ εὔληρᾰ tà eúlēra
Vocative	εὔληρᾰ eúlēra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “εὔληρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εὔληρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN