ἐρωή

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s- (“to flow, rush”), the same root found in Old English rǣs (“run, rush”), Old Norse rás (“race, running”), German rasen (“to race, speed”) and Latin rōrāriī (“skirmishers”).

Noun

ἐρωή • (erōḗ) f (genitive ἐρωῆς); first declension

  1. rush, impulse, sweep, force in motion
    Synonym: ῥῑπή (rhīpḗ)
Declension
First declension of ἡ ἐρωή; τῆς ἐρωῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐρωή
hē erōḗ		 τὼ ἐρωᾱ́
tṑ erōā́		 αἱ ἐρωαί
hai erōaí
Genitive τῆς ἐρωῆς
tês erōês		 τοῖν ἐρωαῖν
toîn erōaîn		 τῶν ἐρωῶν
tôn erōôn
Dative τῇ ἐρωῇ
têi erōêi		 τοῖν ἐρωαῖν
toîn erōaîn		 ταῖς ἐρωαῖς
taîs erōaîs
Accusative τὴν ἐρωήν
tḕn erōḗn		 τὼ ἐρωᾱ́
tṑ erōā́		 τᾱ̀ς ἐρωᾱ́ς
tā̀s erōā́s
Vocative ἐρωή
erōḗ		 ἐρωᾱ́
erōā́		 ἐρωαί
erōaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Derived terms
  • ἐρωέω (erōéō)

Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁roh₁-weh₂, from *h₁reh₁- (“quiet, calm”), the same root of Proto-Germanic *rōō (“calm, quiet, rest”).

Noun

ἐρωή • (erōḗ) f (genitive ἐρωῆς); first declension

  1. rest, pause, cessation
    Synonyms: παῦλᾰ (paûla), παῦσῐς (paûsis)
Declension
First declension of ἡ ἐρωή; τῆς ἐρωῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐρωή
hē erōḗ		 τὼ ἐρωᾱ́
tṑ erōā́		 αἱ ἐρωαί
hai erōaí
Genitive τῆς ἐρωῆς
tês erōês		 τοῖν ἐρωαῖν
toîn erōaîn		 τῶν ἐρωῶν
tôn erōôn
Dative τῇ ἐρωῇ
têi erōêi		 τοῖν ἐρωαῖν
toîn erōaîn		 ταῖς ἐρωαῖς
taîs erōaîs
Accusative τὴν ἐρωήν
tḕn erōḗn		 τὼ ἐρωᾱ́
tṑ erōā́		 τᾱ̀ς ἐρωᾱ́ς
tā̀s erōā́s
Vocative ἐρωή
erōḗ		 ἐρωᾱ́
erōā́		 ἐρωαί
erōaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Derived terms
  • ἐρωέω (erōéō)

Further reading
  • “ἐρωή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ἐρωή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἐρωή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἐρωή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρωή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 469
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