ἐρωή

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rɔː.ɛ̌ː/ → /e.roˈi/ → /e.roˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rɔː.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.roˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.roˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.roˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.roˈi/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s- (“to flow, rush”), the same root found in Old English rǣs (“run, rush”), Old Norse rás (“race, running”), German rasen (“to race, speed”) and Latin rōrāriī (“skirmishers”).

Noun

ἐρωή • (erōḗ) f (genitive ἐρωῆς); first declension

1. rush, impulse, sweep, force in motion

   Synonym: ῥῑπή (rhīpḗ)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐρωή; τῆς ἐρωῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐρωή hē erōḗ	τὼ ἐρωᾱ́ tṑ erōā́	αἱ ἐρωαί hai erōaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐρωῆς tês erōês	τοῖν ἐρωαῖν toîn erōaîn	τῶν ἐρωῶν tôn erōôn
Dative	τῇ ἐρωῇ têi erōêi	τοῖν ἐρωαῖν toîn erōaîn	ταῖς ἐρωαῖς taîs erōaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐρωήν tḕn erōḗn	τὼ ἐρωᾱ́ tṑ erōā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐρωᾱ́ς tā̀s erōā́s
Vocative	ἐρωή erōḗ	ἐρωᾱ́ erōā́	ἐρωαί erōaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐρωέω (erōéō)

Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁roh₁-weh₂, from *h₁reh₁- (“quiet, calm”), the same root of Proto-Germanic *rōō (“calm, quiet, rest”).

Noun

ἐρωή • (erōḗ) f (genitive ἐρωῆς); first declension

1. rest, pause, cessation

   Synonyms: παῦλᾰ (paûla), παῦσῐς (paûsis)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐρωή; τῆς ἐρωῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐρωή hē erōḗ	τὼ ἐρωᾱ́ tṑ erōā́	αἱ ἐρωαί hai erōaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐρωῆς tês erōês	τοῖν ἐρωαῖν toîn erōaîn	τῶν ἐρωῶν tôn erōôn
Dative	τῇ ἐρωῇ têi erōêi	τοῖν ἐρωαῖν toîn erōaîn	ταῖς ἐρωαῖς taîs erōaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐρωήν tḕn erōḗn	τὼ ἐρωᾱ́ tṑ erōā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐρωᾱ́ς tā̀s erōā́s
Vocative	ἐρωή erōḗ	ἐρωᾱ́ erōā́	ἐρωαί erōaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐρωέω (erōéō)

Further reading

• “ἐρωή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐρωή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐρωή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐρωή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρωή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 469