ἔρρω

Ancient Greek

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”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ér̥.r̥ɔː/ → /ˈer.ro/ → /ˈe.ro/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ér̥.r̥ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈer.ro/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.ro/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.ro/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ro/

Verb

ἔρρω • (érrhō)

1. I go slowly, I limp
2. I wander
3. I go or come to harm, I disappear

   (vulgar, usually imperative) Go to hell, perish, begone.

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