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Ἐρωήσας · forcing back (ε 3064) · Suda

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Near ε3064

ε3060I was distributing alms, they were distributing alms
ε3061heron
ε3062eroeis
ε3063force, impulse, quick motion, rush
ε3064forcing back
ε3065love-maddened
ε3066forcefully
ε3067loving
ε3068being loved

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3064

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Ἐρωήσας

forcing back

Translated by Ioannis Doukas3 Sep 2007Vetting: high6 revisions

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2 notes · 27 words

Translation

Meaning [he] bringing down, busting.¹ "Forcing back the destructive horn". Callimachus [sc. writes this].²
Aalso, "[your dark blood] will flow about [my] spear". Homer [sc. writes this].³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐρωήσας· ἀντὶ τοῦ μειώσας, κατεάξας. ἐρωήσας ὀλοὸν κέρας. Καλλίμαχος. καί, ἐρωήσει περὶ δουρί. Ὅμηρος.

Betacode

*)erwh/sas: a)nti\ tou= meiw/sas, katea/cas. e)rwh/sas o)loo\n ke/ras. *kalli/maxos. kai/, e)rwh/sei peri\ douri/. *(/omhros.

Notes (2)

[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword (evidently extracted from the first quotation given) is aorist participle, masculine nominative singular, of the epic/poetic verb e)rwe/w. See LSJ s.v. (web address 1); and cf. generally epsilon 3062, epsilon 3063.
2Callimachus, Hecale fr. 258 Pfeiffer, referring to the Marathonian Bull; cf. Etymologicum Magnum s.v. e)rwh/. ↩
3Homer, Iliad 1.303(= Odyssey 16.441; web address 2 and web address 3); cf. Hesychius and Etymologicum Gudianum s.v. e)rwh/sei and Etymologicum Magnum s.v. do/ru.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

ε3062Ἐρώειςeroeis[Meaning] one who withdraws. But e)rw/|hs ["(?)you might draw back (from)"] [is] in the optative.
ε3063Ἐρωήforce, impulse, quick motion, rush[Meaning] withdrawal.

Neighbouring entries

ε3062Ἐρώειςeroeis ε3063Ἐρωήforce, impulse, quick motion, rush ε3064Ἐρωήσαςforcing back ε3065Ἐρωμανήςlove-maddened ε3066Ἐρρωμένωςforcefully

Revision history6 revisions · last 14 Feb 2016

14 Feb 2016my typo; coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Nov 2013tweaked note — Catharine Roth
29 Oct 2012upgraded links — Catharine Roth
29 Oct 2012x-refs; tweaking — David Whitehead
9 Sep 2007augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
3 Sep 2007cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
3 Sep 2007Translated — Ioannis Doukas

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐρωήσας (Adler number epsilon 3064), trans. Ioannis Doukas, 3 Sep 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3064

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