ἔρρω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ϝέρρω (wérrhō)

Etymology

Related to ἐρύω (erúō, drag), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (to drag on the ground). Compare Hittite [Term?] (/⁠warš-⁠/, pluck, reap), Albanian zvarrë (drag on the ground), Latin verro (to drag, to sweep), Old Norse vǫrr (stroke), Latvian vârsms (heap of corn, grain).[1]

Beekes instead supports a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (to turn) via an extension *wert-ye-.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἔρρω • (érrhō) first-singular present indicative

  1. to go slowly, to limp
  2. to wander
  3. to go or come to harm, to disappear
    (vulgar, usually imperative) Go to hell, perish, begone.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνέρρω (anérrhō)
  • ἀπέρρω (apérrhō)
  • εἰσέρρω (eisérrhō)
  • ἐξέρρω (exérrhō)
  • περιέρρω (periérrhō)

References

  • ἔρρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἔρρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἔρρω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἔρρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἔρρω 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) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  1. “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke
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