πέτευρον

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A roosting-perch for fowls, Ar.Fr.839, Theoc.13.13, Nic.Th.197 (pl.), Hsch.    2 generally, pole, spar, plank, Lyc. 884.    II springboard, used by tumblers and acrobats, Man.6.444, Epic.in Arch.Pap.7p.5; Lat.petaurus, Juv.14.265, etc., but abl.peteuro (v.l. petauro), Lucil.Fr.1298 Marx.    2 platform, stage, Plb.8.4.8.    III springe, trap, ἐπὶ πέτευρον ᾅδου συναντᾷ LXXPr.9.18.    IV public notice-board, IG7.235.42 (Oropus, iv B.C.); π. τῷ λόγῳ (for publication of accounts) ib.11(2).145.44 (Delos, iv B. C.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 605] τό, = πέταυρον; Ar. in Phot. lex.; Theocr. 13, 13; Nic. Th. 197.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πέτευρον: τό, = πέταυρον, ὃ ἴδε.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (τό) :
v. πέταυρον.

Greek Monolingual

τὸ, ΜΑ
βλ. πέταυρο.

Greek Monotonic

πέτευρον: τό, = πέταυρον, βλ. αυτ.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

πέτευρον -ου, τό stok (voor kippen).

Russian (Dvoretsky)

πέτευρον: τό = πέταυρον.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: hen-roost, acrobat's bar, -framework, high platform, public notice-board (Ar. Fr. 839, inscr. IVa, hell.).
Other forms: -αυρον, πέντευρον s. bel.
Derivatives: πετεύρ-ιον n. small notice-board (Erythrae IVa), -ίζομαι to use a π. = to act as an acrobat (Phld.), with -ισμός, -ιστής, -ιστήρ (Plu., Man.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Technical expression without certain etymology. After Kretschmer KZ 31, 449 from πετα- (= πεδα-, s.v.) and αὔρα air; similar Baunack Phil. 70, 469 and Schwyzer 198 (Schw.-Debr. 498 n. 2; cf. also Prellwitz): from *πετα(Ϝ)ορον as byform of πεδα(Ϝ)ορον = μετέωρον. On the contrary Persson Beitr. 2, 825 n. 7 with Lobeck tries to find connection with πέτομαι (prop. *"instrument to fly"[?]); formation then like ἄλευρον (Benveniste Origines 112). The hesitation ευ : αυ is also diff. interpreted; ευ hypercorrect for αυ (Schwyzer l.c.); from -αϜορον resp. -ηϜορον (Baunack l.c.). -- Lat. LW [loanword] petaurum, -aurista with -auristānus, -aurārius (W.-Hofmann s.v.; there also lit.). -- Pre-Greek Furnée 353; there is also πέντευρον H. (Furnée 291).