εἶρος
English (LSJ)
εος, τό,
A wool, Od.4.135,9.426. II = γναφάλλιον, Ps.- Dsc.3.117. III a kind of fever, Hp. ap. Erot. (with other expll.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 735] τό, Wolle (s. ἔριον), Od. 4, 135. 9, 426.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εἶρος: ὁ, «οἱ μὲν σχηματισμὸν τῆς περὶ τὸν σπλῆνα σκιρρώδους ὀγκώσεως εἶναί φασιν, οἱ δὲ τὴν περὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα κάκωσιν· οὐ καλῶς ἀμφότεροι. Ἔστι γὰρ ὁ εἶρος πυρετοῦ εἶδος» Ἐρωτιαν. Λεξ. Ἱπποκρ. σ. 140.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ion. -εος, att. -ους (τό) :
laine.
Étymologie: cf. ἔριον.
English (Autenrieth)
wool, fleece, Od. 4.135 and Od. 9.426.
Greek Monolingual
εἶρος, το (Α)
1. έριο
2. γναφάλλιον
3. είδος πυρετού.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Βλ. λ. έριο].
Greek Monotonic
εἶρος: τό, μαλλί προβάτου, σε Ομήρ. Οδ. (από τη √ΕΡ, πρβλ. ἔριον).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
εἶρος: εος τό Hom. = ἔριον.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: wool (Od.), also a plant name = γναφάλλιον (Ps.-DsC.; on the name Strömberg Pflanzennamen 105) and name of a fever (Hp. ap. Erot.; because of the warmth?, cf. Strömberg Wortstudien 74ff.).
Dialectal forms: Myc. wewesijeja \/werwes-ieia\/ women who work the wool, from wewesijo- \/werwes-ios\/.
Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in εἰρο-πόκος with woollen fleece, -κόμος preparing wool (both Il.). As 2. member in εὔ-ειρος (Hp., AP), Att. εὔ-ερος (with εὑερ-ία [Pl. Com.]) with beautiful wool, ἔπ-ερος sheep (Schwyzer Ex. 644, 15, + 300a, Anatol. Aeolis); on the phonetics Schulze Kl. Schr. 367f., Forster Ἐπίχρυσος 41; on the 2. member (for *εὑ- resp. *ἐπ-ειρής) s. Sommer Nominalkomp. 112; on uncertain εὔειρας acc. pl. f. (S. Fr. 751, v. k.) Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 130.
Derivatives: εἴριον (ep. Ion. Il.), Att. Cret. ἔριον wool, w. artificial abbreviation (Schwyzer 584 n. 6) ἔρι (hell. poet); from there εἰρίνεος of wool, Att. etc. ἐρεοῦς, ἐρειοῦς (for -ιοῦς) id., w. cross ἐρεινοῦς (pap. V-VIp); - ἐρέα wool (hell.; after αἰγέα a. o.; Chantraine Formation 91); on the derivations Schwyzer 468.
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [niew] *u̯eru̯-os wool
Etymology: Of the compared words note (after Schulze Q. 119f.) Lat. vervēx, -ēcis wether, a k-derivation of u̯eru̯-, seen also in εἶρος, if from *ἔρϜος and ultimately from *ϜέρϜ-ος, a form now proven by Myc. (On (Ϝ)ἀρήν s. v.) Not here OIr. ferb cow. - Connection with Hitt. ešri- is impossible.