πήρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. πήρη ( πάρη [ᾰ] Heraclid. ap. <span class="bibl">Eust.29.3</span>), ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">leathern pouch</b> for victuals, etc., [[wallet]], <span class="bibl">Od.13.437</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>298</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>273</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ostr.Bodl.</span> iii 264</span> (i A. D.), etc.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[leather bag]], [[knapsack]] (Od., Ar.).<br />Other forms: Ion. <b class="b3">-η</b>.<br />Compounds: As 1. member in <b class="b3">πηρό-δετος</b> (<b class="b3">ἱμάς</b>) <b class="b2">binding a knapsack</b> or <b class="b2">bound around the knapsack</b>? (AP; on the poss. act. meaning of the 2. member cf. <b class="b3">ὀδυνή-φατος</b>).<br />Derivatives: Diminutive <b class="b3">πηρίδιον</b> n. (Ar., Men.); also <b class="b3">πηρ-ίς</b> or <b class="b3">-ίν</b>, <b class="b3">-ῖνος</b> f. [[scrotum]] (Nic.; on the formation Schwyzer 465); enlarged <b class="b3">-ίνα</b> f. (Gal.) = <b class="b3">περί-ναιον</b> (in the meaning influenced by it; cf. s. v.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unexplained; cf. on [[θύλακος]] and [[σάκκος]]. -- Furnée 152 compares <b class="b3">βηρίδες ὑποδήματα</b>, <b class="b3">α ἡμεἶς ἐμβάδες λέγομεν</b> H. and <b class="b3">περι-βαρίδες</b> <b class="b2">womens shoes</b>; he further mentions Lat. [[pero]] <b class="b2">soldiers shoes</b> and pre-Rom. <b class="b2">*barr-</b> <b class="b2">small vase</b>.