[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 3.272, where the headword occurs.
2(cf. Etymologicum Magnum 117.4.) The lexicographer seems to derive a)/wrto from o)/rnumi, "stir up, excite", as the words listed are forms of that verb: a conjectural present o)/rw, the future active o)/rsw, the perfect active w)=rka, the perfect middle w)=rmai, the second person singular aorist middle w)=rso, and the third person singular aorist middle w)=rto. However, a)/wrto is better understood as an archaic form of another verb, a)ei/rw (alpha 638): an epic third person singular pluperfect middle, which means "hung" (e.g. Homer, Iliad 3.272: see preceding note). The same root is seen in the noun a)=or (alpha 2844).