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|etymtx=-ενος<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[male]] (Il.).<br />Dialectal forms: Att. <b class="b3">ἄρρην</b>, Ion., Lesb., Cret. <b class="b3">ἔρσην</b>, Lac. <b class="b3">ἄρσης</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b2">Compar.</b> <b class="b3">ἀρρέντερος</b> [[male]] (Arc.), <b class="b3">ἐρσεναίτερος</b> (El.), after <b class="b3">θηλύτερος</b>?<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [81] <b class="b2">*uers-</b> [[male]]?<br />Etymology: With <b class="b3">ἔρσην</b> cf. Av. OPers. <b class="b2">aršan-</b> [[man]], [[male]]; <b class="b3">ἄρσην</b>, <b class="b3">ἄρρην</b> will have zero grade, and is compared with Skt. <b class="b2">r̥ṣa-bhá-</b> [[bull]]. Doubtful is the connection with Skt. <b class="b2">árṣati</b> [[flow]]. Further there is Skt. <b class="b2">vŕ̥ṣan-</b> (to <b class="b2">várṣati</b> [[rain]]? s. on [[ἔρση]], [[οὑρανός]], [[οὑρέω]]); cf. Benveniste BSL 45, 100ff. - The difficulty is that an IE root cannot have vocalic anlaut; and <b class="b2">h₁</b> would have given <b class="b3">ἐ-</b> throughout, and <b class="b2">h₂</b> <b class="b3">ἀ-</b>. Therefore the word must have had <b class="b3">Ϝ-</b>; thus Peters, Lar. 9f. - Cf. [[ἀρνειός]], [[ἀρνευτήρ]]. | |etymtx=-ενος<br />Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[male]] (Il.).<br />Dialectal forms: Att. <b class="b3">ἄρρην</b>, Ion., Lesb., Cret. <b class="b3">ἔρσην</b>, Lac. <b class="b3">ἄρσης</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b2">Compar.</b> <b class="b3">ἀρρέντερος</b> [[male]] (Arc.), <b class="b3">ἐρσεναίτερος</b> (El.), after <b class="b3">θηλύτερος</b>?<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [81] <b class="b2">*uers-</b> [[male]]?<br />Etymology: With <b class="b3">ἔρσην</b> cf. Av. OPers. <b class="b2">aršan-</b> [[man]], [[male]]; <b class="b3">ἄρσην</b>, <b class="b3">ἄρρην</b> will have zero grade, and is compared with Skt. <b class="b2">r̥ṣa-bhá-</b> [[bull]]. Doubtful is the connection with Skt. <b class="b2">árṣati</b> [[flow]]. Further there is Skt. <b class="b2">vŕ̥ṣan-</b> (to <b class="b2">várṣati</b> [[rain]]? s. on [[ἔρση]], [[οὑρανός]], [[οὑρέω]]); cf. Benveniste BSL 45, 100ff. - The difficulty is that an IE root cannot have vocalic anlaut; and <b class="b2">h₁</b> would have given <b class="b3">ἐ-</b> throughout, and <b class="b2">h₂</b> <b class="b3">ἀ-</b>. Therefore the word must have had <b class="b3">Ϝ-</b>; thus Peters, Lar. 9f. - Cf. [[ἀρνειός]], [[ἀρνευτήρ]]. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[male]], Lat. mas, Il., etc.; [[ἄρρην]], ὁ, or [[ἄρρεν]], the [[male]], Aesch.; οἱ ἄρσενες the [[male]] sex, Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[masculine]], [[strong]], Eur.: metaph. [[mighty]], [[κτύπος]] [[ἄρσην]] πόντου Soph.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of the [[gender]] of nouns, [[masculine]], ὀνόματα Ar. | |||
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