ἦρι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Two possibilities:
- locative case of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsḗr, whence ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr, “mist, air”) and cognate with ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”)
- from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyeri (“early”)
Compare ἠέριος (ēérios, “with the early morning”).
Adverb
- early in the morning
Derived terms
- ἠριγένεια (ērigéneia)
References
- “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