Ἐπάριτοι
οὐδ' ἄμμε διακρινέει φιλότητος ἄλλο, πάρος θάνατόν γε μεμορμένον ἀμφικαλύψαι → nor will anything else divide us from our love before the fate of death enshrouds us (Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3.1129f.)
English (LSJ)
οἱ, the soldiers of the Arcadian Federation (371 B.C.), X.HG7.4.33-6, Ephor.215J., Androt.54. (Arc. ἐπᾱρῐτοι 'picked', 'selected' (= ἐπίλεκτοι, D.S.15.62), cf. pr. nn. Ἐπήριτος, Πεδάριτος: fr. root of ἀριθμός.) (Ἐπαρῖται is a misquotation of Ephor. l. c. by St.Byz., Ἐπαρόητοι f.l. in Hsch.)
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: pl.
Meaning: name of the soldiers of the Arcadian League (X., Ephor.), prop. = ἐπίλεκτοι, those selected (D. S. 15, 62);
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [60] *h₂(e)ri- count
Etymology: Compare the PN Πεδ-άριτος (Arc., Lac.), Ἐπ-ήριτος (ω 306), Μετ-ήριτος (Ion.), and further the adj. νήριτος (s. v.) from *n̥-h₂ri- not to (be) count(ed), numberless, from a verb count, seen in ἀρι-θμός, with ἐπι- as in ἐπι-λέγειν select. - Leumann Hom. Wörter 247, Schwyzer 502.
Frisk Etymology German
Ἐπάριτοι: {Epáritoi}
Grammar: pl.
Meaning: Ben. der Soldaten des arkadischen Bundes (X., Ephor. usw.), eig. = ἐπίλεκτοι, die Auserlesenen (D. S. 15, 62);
Etymology : vgl. die EN Πεδάριτος (ark., lak.), Ἐπήριτος (ω 306), Μετήριτος (ion.); außerdem das Adj. νήριτος (s. d.) aus *νεαριτος nicht zu zählen, zahllos, von einem Verb zählen, das auch dem Nomen ἀριθμός zugrunde liegt, mit ἐπι- wie in ἐπιλέγειν auswählen. — Leumann Hom. Wörter 247 m. Lit., Schwyzer 502.
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