ἔθρις
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: adj.
Meaning: τομίας, κριός H.
Other forms: cod. ἐθρίς. Cf. ἴθρις σπάδων, τομίας, εὑνοῦχος H. and ἄθρις (Suid.), ὄθρις (Zonar.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Old IE word, with Skt. vádhri- castrate identical. The varying vowels from the unliterary character of the word; old is ἐ-; (ὀ- after related ὠθέω s. v.?) (but ἀ- not from identification with ἀ- privativum; that could only happen sec.), ἰ- from vowel harmony? (diff. Specht KZ 66, 4ff. with other speculations, also Lexis 3, 70). Some suppose an r-n-stem, seen in Skt. vádhar-, Av. vadar- n. the weapon of Indra, but Mayrhofer EWAia rejects the connection with vadhri- (2,498); rather to adhrigu-. The Greek word then rather Pre-Greek, giving the variation? - S. auch ἔθων.
