ἄθρας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained. Formerly compared with Sanskrit वन्धुर (vandhura, “seat of a charioteer”), taken as a wicker basket tied upon the wagon and connected with Proto-Germanic *windaną (“to wind, wrap”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid”). As the formation of the Sanskrit word is unclear, and the root is hardly attested outside Germanic, the connection must be false. Connection with κάναθρον (kánathron, “wicker carriage”) is improbable.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.θras/ → /ˈa.θras/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tʰras/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θras/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θras/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.θras/

Noun

ἄθρας • (áthras)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: Rhodian word for ἅρμα (hárma, “chariot”).

Further reading

• ἄθρας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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
• Hesychius' Lexicon: α