ἦρι
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editTwo possibilities:
- locative case of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsḗr, whence ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr, “mist, air”) and cognate with ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”)
- from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri (“early”)
Compare ἠέριος (ēérios, “with the early morning”).
Adverb
edit- early in the morning
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “ἦρι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἦρι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἦρι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἦρι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963