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Ἔρημος · desert (ε 2966) · Suda

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Near ε2966

ε2962wilderness, desert
ε2963hermit
ε2964of the desert
ε2965to look at vacantly
ε2966desert
ε2967negligent-watchers
ε2968desolator
ε2969have been leaned (on something)
ε2970implanted

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2966

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Ἔρημος

desert

Translated by Catharine Roth9 Jul 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

comedy
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
food
geography
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- zoology

1 note · 36 words

Translation

Properly [this means] a territory that has been denuded of its inhabitants; [the term comes] from the [noun] e)/ra ["earth"]¹
Also [sc. attested is] e(rhmono/mois ["[in] desert-pasturing [ones]"], the wild animals that range over the desert.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἔρημος· κυρίως ἡ μονωθεῖσα τῶν ἐνοικούντων γῆ· παρὰ τὴν ἔραν. καὶ Ἑρημονόμοις, τοῖς τὴν ἔρημον νεμομένοις θηρσίν.

Betacode

*)/erhmos: kuri/ws h( monwqei=sa tw=n e)noikou/ntwn gh=: para\ th\n e)/ran. kai\ *(erhmono/mois, toi=s th\n e)/rhmon nemome/nois qhrsi/n.

Notes (1)

[1] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 447, where the headword occurs in the accusative case. On e)/ra, see epsilon 1643, epsilon 2887.
2Gaisford related this, surely rightly, to Greek Anthology 6.184.4 (e)n qhrsi\n ... e)rhmono/mois).

Linked from3 entries

ε1643Ἐξεράσατε τοὺς λίθουςdisgorge the stones[Meaning] empty [them] out, throw [them] out, hurl [them] away. The expression is made from the [word] e)/ra, which is the earth.
ε2887Ἐρᾷloves[Meaning he/she/it] desires. But e)/ra [is] the earth. From the [verb] e)ri/sai ["to quarrel"], which is to contend on an equal basis. Also [sc. attested is] e)/rrei ["[he/she/it] was flowing"], [meaning he/she/it] was…
ε2963Ἐρημίτηςhermit[Meaning] one who lives in a desert.

Neighbouring entries

ε2964Ἐρημικῷof the desert ε2965Ἔρημον ἐμβλέπεινto look at vacantly ε2966Ἔρημοςdesert ε2967Ἐρημοσκόπουςnegligent-watchers ε2968Ἐρημωτήςdesolator

Revision history5 revisions · last 26 Nov 2017

26 Nov 2017cross-references — Catharine Roth
7 Feb 2016cosmetics — David Whitehead
26 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
2 Jun 2011tweaks and expansions — David Whitehead
9 Jul 2003modified translation; augmented first note; augmented keywords — David Whitehead
9 Jul 2003Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἔρημος (Adler number epsilon 2966), trans. Catharine Roth, 9 Jul 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2966

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗