ἐρι
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1027] ἐρι-, praefixum, = ἀρι-, verstärkt den Begriff der Wörter, denen es vorgesetzt wird, sehr. Die Composita sind meist poetisch, bes. episch u. lyrisch.
English (Autenrieth)
intensive prefix, like ἀρι-]].
Greek Monotonic
ἐρῐ: αχώριστο μόριο, όπως το ἀρι-, για επίταση της έννοιας μιας λέξης, πολύ, αρκετά.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐρῐ: неотделяемая усилит. приставка (напр. в ἐριαύχην Hom.).
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: prefix
Meaning: very, high (Il.),
Dialectal forms: Perh. in Myc. eri- \/eri-\/.
Compounds: esp. in Bahuvrihi's like ἐρί-(γ)δουπος, -σθενής, -τιμος, -αύχην; also ἐρι-βρεμέτης, -δμᾶτος (A. Ag. 1461 [lyr.]) a. o.; cf. Chantraine REGr. 49, 406.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Beside ἐρι- stands with the same meaning ἀρι-, which however like Skt. ari-, as opposed to ἐρι-, belongs in verbal adjectives, cf. s. v. and Schwyzer 434. One might think of a connection with ὄρνυμι rise etc. (ἐρι- beside *ἔρος?, cf. s. ἐρέας). - The comment in DELG is unclear to me.
Middle Liddell
insepar. prefix, like ἀρι-, to strengthen the sense of a word, very, much.
