ἀέροψ
καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων, καὶ πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει καὶ ἀοιδὸς ἀοιδῷ → and potter is ill-disposed to potter, and carpenter to carpenter, and the beggar is envious of the beggar, the singer of the singer
English (LSJ)
οπος, ὁ, Boeot. name for the bird μέροψ (q.v.), Sch.Ar.Av. 1354.
Spanish (DGE)
-οπος, ὁ
• Alolema(s): jón. ἠέροπος Ant.Lib.18.3
orn. abejaruco, Merops apiaster L., Ant.Lib.l.c., Hsch.s.u. Ἀέροπες, Sch.Ar.Au.1354a, 1357 (var. por μέροψ cit. Arist.HA 615b25).
• Etimología: C. suf. -οψ cf. πηνέλοψ, μέροψ, etc.; el suf. puede venir de *oku̯- ‘vista’; ἀερ- quizá de ἀήρ ‘aire’.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀέροψ: Ἰων. ἠέροψ, οπος, ὁ, Βοιωτ. ὄνομα τοῦ πτηνοῦ μέροψ, (ὃ ἴδε), Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρ. 1354.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: Boeotian name for the bird μέροψ, Sch. Ar. Av. 1354.Also Ἀέροπες· ἔθνος, Τροιζῆνα κατοικοῦντες. καί ἐν Μακεδονιᾳ γένος τι. καί ὄρνεά τινα. H. ἀεροπός κοχλίας (snail) H.
Other forms: εἶροψ = μέροψ also Boeotian (Arist.). PN Ήέροπος
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Cf. bird names like πηνέλοψ, μέροψ, and personal and people's names in -οπ-. Chantr. Mél. Cumont.1936, 125f; Kalléris 1954, 87; Beekes Glotta 73 (1995/6) 12-34; clearly a substr. element. Chantr. thinks that the α- is long, because of Ant. Lib. 18, 3 ἠέροπος. - Fur. 243, 246, 352 assumes μ/F and prothesis ἀ-/ἐ-/ἠ-: μέροπ- / ἀέροπ- / εἶροπ- < *εϜεροπ- / ἠέροπ-. (Uncertain; εἰ-, ἠ- sec. lengthenings?) Pre-Greek origin of the bird name, and the people's / man's name, is probable (cf. -οπ-). S. μέροψ.
See also: Cf. ἠερόφωνος.
