ἐπίουρος

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A = οὖρος (B), guardian, watcher, ward, c.gen., ὑῶν ἐ. Od. 13.405; βοῶν Theoc.8.6,25.1; Οἰχαλίης A.R.1.87; ναυτιλίης v.l.in Id.4.652: less freq.c.dat., Μίνωα τέκε Κρήτῃ ἐ. Il.13.450; κρήνῃ A.R. 3.1180.    II. wooden peg, pin, IG4.1484.63 (Epid.), Hero Aut.16.2, al., Hippiatr.26, Gp.10.61, prob.l.in Arist.Pr.915a11; nickname of Secundus (son of a joiner), Philostr.VS1.26: Lat. epiurus, Pall.Agr. 12.7.15, prob. in Sen.Ben.2.12, Aug.Civ.Dei 15.27, Isid.Etym.19.19.7: also ἐπίορος, Ath.Mitt.51.154 (Delos).

German (Pape)

[Seite 967] ὁ, der Wächter, = οὖρος, Homerisch das composit. statt des simpl., s. Lehrs Aristarch. ed. 2 p. 107 seqq; Hom. Iliad. 13, 450 ὃς πρῶτον Μίνωα τέκε Κρήτῃ ἐπίουρον, alte Lesarten ἐπιοῦρον und Κρήτῃ ἔπι οὖρον, s. Scholl. Herodian.; Eumäus ὑῶν ἐπίουρος Odyss. 13, 405. 15, 39. – Ἐπίουρος βοῶν Theocr. 8, 6, φυτῶν 25, 1, βουκολίων Opp. Cyn. 1, 174, ναυτιλίης Ap. Rh. 4, 652, κρήνῃ 3, 1180. – Ein hölzerner Nagel, Geopon.