ἐρέσσω

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Ancient Greek[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Denominative verb, from ἐρέτης (erétēs, rower) +‎ -σσω (-ssō).

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Verb[edit]

ἐρέσσω (eréssō)

  1. to row, paddle
  2. to speed by rowing
  3. to put in quick motion, ply
  4. (passive voice, of a bow) to be plied, handled
  5. to row through, traverse

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Further reading[edit]

  • ἐρέσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἐρέσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἐρέσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἐρέσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἐρέσσω 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) “ἐρέτης”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454