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ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)

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|Low diacritics=έρεβος
|Low diacritics=έρεβος
|Capitals=ΈΡΕΒΟΣ
|Capitals=ΈΡΕΒΟΣ
|Transliteration A=Érebos
|Transliteration A=érebos
|Transliteration B=Erebos
|Transliteration B=erebos
|Transliteration C=Erevos
|Transliteration C=erevos
|Beta Code=)/erebos
|Beta Code=)/erebos
|Definition=τό : Att. gen. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> Ἐρέβους <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>694</span>, Ion. Ἐρέβευς <span class="bibl">Il.8.368</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.37</span>, [[Ἐρέβεσφιν]] or [[Ἐρέβευσφιν]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>669</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>349</span>, ἐξ Ἐρεβ- <span class="bibl">Il.9.572</span> : no dat. or pl. occurs:—[[Erebos]], a place of [[nether]] [[darkness]], forming a passage from Earth to [[Hades]], <span class="bibl">Il.16.327</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.528</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>515</span>, etc. ; rare in Prose, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>371e</span>, Plu.2.953a, 1130d : metaph., <b class="b3">ἔ. ὕφαλον</b> the [[darkness]] of the [[deep]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>589</span>(lyr.) ; of a riddle, ἀξυνέτοις ἔ. <span class="title">AP</span>7.429 (Alc.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> personified, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span> 125</span>. (Skt. [[rájas]], Goth. [[riqis]], ONorse [[røkkr]] '[[darkness]]'.)</span>
|Definition=τό: Att. gen. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> Ἐρέβους <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>694</span>, Ion. [[Ἐρέβευς]] <span class="bibl">Il.8.368</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.37</span>, [[Ἐρέβεσφιν]] or [[Ἐρέβευσφιν]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>669</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>349</span>, ἐξ Ἐρεβ- <span class="bibl">Il.9.572</span> : no dat. or pl. occurs:—[[Erebos]], a [[place]] of [[nether]] [[darkness]], forming a passage from Earth to [[Hades]], <span class="bibl">Il.16.327</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.528</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>515</span>, etc. ; rare in Prose, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>371e</span>, Plu.2.953a, 1130d : metaph., <b class="b3">ἔ. ὕφαλον</b> the [[darkness]] of the [[deep]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>589</span>(lyr.) ; of a [[riddle]], ἀξυνέτοις ἔ. <span class="title">AP</span>7.429 (Alc.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> personified, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span> 125</span>. (Skt. [[rájas]], Goth. [[riqis]], ONorse [[røkkr]] '[[darkness]]'.)</span>
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English (LSJ)

τό: Att. gen.

   A Ἐρέβους Ar.Av.694, Ion. Ἐρέβευς Il.8.368, Od.11.37, Ἐρέβεσφιν or Ἐρέβευσφιν, Hes.Th.669, h.Cer.349, ἐξ Ἐρεβ- Il.9.572 : no dat. or pl. occurs:—Erebos, a place of nether darkness, forming a passage from Earth to Hades, Il.16.327, Od.10.528, al., Hes.Th.515, etc. ; rare in Prose, Pl.Ax.371e, Plu.2.953a, 1130d : metaph., ἔ. ὕφαλον the darkness of the deep, S.Ant.589(lyr.) ; of a riddle, ἀξυνέτοις ἔ. AP7.429 (Alc.).    II personified, Hes.Th. 125. (Skt. rájas, Goth. riqis, ONorse røkkr 'darkness'.)

French (Bailly abrégé)

ion. -εος, att. -ους, épq. -ευς (τό) :
1 obscurité, ténèbres en parl. des enfers ; l’Érèbe, les enfers ; qqf en parl. du fond de la mer ἔρεβος ὕφαλον SOPH l’abîme sous-marin;
2 n. pr. Erébos, fils du Chaos.
Étymologie: cf. ἐρέφω.

Greek Monotonic

ἔρεβος: τό, Αττ. γεν. Ἐρέβους, Ιων. Ἐρέβευς, Επικ. Ἐρέβεσφιν· Έρεβος, τόπος απόλυτου σκότους, πάνω από τον Άδη, σε Όμηρ. κ.λπ.· μεταφ., ἔρεβος ὕφαλον, το σκοτάδι της αβύσσου ή της θάλασσας, σε Σοφ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἔρεβος: ους и εος τό (эп. gen. ἐρέβευς, ἐρέβεσφιν и ἐρέβευσφιν) мрак, тьма Anth.: ἔ. ὕφαλον Soph. подводная тьма, морская пучина.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: the dark of the underworld (Il.).
Derivatives: ἐρεβεννός, Aeol. < *ἐρεβεσ-νός prop. belonging to the ἔρεβος, dark (Il., Hes.), more common ἐρεμνός < *ἐρεβ-νός (cf. Risch 92; s. also on δεινός) id. (Il.); ἐρεβώδης ids. (late).
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [857] *h₁regʷos darkness (of the underworld)
Etymology: Old word for darkness etc., also in Sankrit, Armenian and Germanic : Skt. rájas- n. dark (lower) air, dust (diff. Burrow BSOAS 12, 645ff.; Gonda KZ 73, 163f.), Arm. erek, -oy evening, Goth. riqiz, OWNo. røkkr n. dark, dusk; IE *h₁régu̯os- n. - Pok. 857.

Middle Liddell


Erebus, a place of nether darkness, above Hades, Hom., etc.:—metaph., ἔρεβος ὕφαλον the darkness of the deep, Soph.

Frisk Etymology German

ἔρεβος: {érebos}
Grammar: n.
Meaning: Dunkel der Unterwelt, Totengrund (poet. seit Il.).
Derivative: Davon ἐρεβεννός, äol. aus *ἐρεβεσνός eig. [[zum ἔρεβος gehörend]], finster, dunkel (Il., Hes.), gewöhnlicher ἐρεμνός aus *ἐρεβνός (vgl. Risch 92; s. auch zu δεινός) ib. (ep. poet. seit Il.); ἐρεβώδης ib. (spät).
Etymology : Altes Wort für Dunkel, auch im Altindischen, Armenischen und Germanischen erhalten: aind. rájas- n. ‘dunkler (niederer) Luftkreis, Dunst, Staub’ (anders darüber Burrow BSOAS 12, 645ff.; zustimmend Gonda KZ 73, 163f.), arm. erek, -oy Abend, got. riqiz, awno. røkkr n. Dunkel, Dämmerung; idg. *régos- n. — WP. 2, 367, Pok. 857.
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English (Woodhouse)

murkiness, nether darkness, of the under-world, the gloom of the underworld

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