Ἀείρω
I raise
Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 Mar 2001Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
The [verb meaning] I lift up and I lighten.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀείρω· τὸ ἐπαίρω καὶ κουφίζω.
Betacode
*)aei/rw: to\ e)pai/rw kai\ koufi/zw.
Notes (1)
- From *awer-yo-: the participle↩
au)eiro/menai is attested in Alcman. No Indo-European relationship is clearly established. Later contracted toai)/rw (alphaiota 314).- 1The second of these glosses, according to Adler, is given in the equivalent entry of the Ambrosian Lexicon.
References
P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque ed. 2 (Paris 2009), p. 21-22
Linked from7 entries
- α635Ἄειρεdraw[Meaning] offer. Homer [writes]: "do not draw for me sweet wine."
- α639Ἀείρωνunspoken[Meaning] without flattery.
- α2850ἈορτήνknapsackMany now say a)berth/ [sc. as opposed to the headword a)orth/]. Both the article and the word [are] Macedonian. Notice that a)orth/ [is] also a vein.
- α2858Ἄωρτοhad been hung[Meaning he/she/it] was suspended. o)/rw, o)/rsw, w)=rka, w)=rmai, w)=rso, w)=rto and a)/wrto.
- αι279Αἴρασθαιto lift[Meaning] to bring. Cratinus in Trophonios [writes]: "not to lift food, not to obtain one's allotment of sleep."
- αι298Αἴρεινto raise[Meaning] to increase. Either to set a table next to [someone], or to take [it] away.
- αι314ΑἴρωI liftThe [verb that means] I lift up; [used] with an accusative.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history8 revisions · last 19 Dec 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- another note — David Whitehead
- another keyword; raised status — David Whitehead
- updated reference — Catharine Roth
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- augmented note, added keyword and bibliography — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict