ἔρεβος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό: Att. gen. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> Ἐρέβους <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>694</span>, Ion. [[Ἐρέβευς]] <span class="bibl">Il.8.368</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.37</span>, [[Ἐρέβεσφιν]] or [[Ἐρέβευσφιν]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>669</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>349</span>, ἐξ Ἐρεβ- <span class="bibl">Il.9.572</span> : no dat. or pl. occurs:—[[Erebos]], a [[place]] of [[nether]] [[darkness]], forming a passage from Earth to [[Hades]], <span class="bibl">Il.16.327</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.10.528</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>515</span>, etc.; rare in Prose, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>371e</span>, Plu.2.953a, 1130d : metaph., <b class="b3">ἔ. ὕφαλον</b> the [[darkness]] of the [[deep]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>589</span>(lyr.); of a [[riddle]], ἀξυνέτοις ἔ. <span class="title">AP</span>7.429 (Alc.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> personified, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span> 125</span>. (Skt. [[rájas]], Goth. [[riqis]], ONorse [[røkkr]] '[[darkness]]'.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[the dark of the underworld]] (Il.).<br />Derivatives: [[ἐρεβεννός]], Aeol. < <b class="b3">*ἐρεβεσ-νός</b> prop. [[belonging to the ἔρεβος]], [[dark]] (Il., Hes.), more common [[ἐρεμνός]] < <b class="b3">*ἐρεβ-νός</b> (cf. Risch 92; s. also on [[δεινός]]) <b class="b2">id.</b> (Il.); [[ἐρεβώδης]] <b class="b2">ids.</b> (late).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [857] <b class="b2">*h₁regʷos</b> <b class="b2">darkness (of the underworld)</b><br />Etymology: Old word for <b class="b2">darkness etc.</b>, also in Sankrit, Armenian and Germanic : Skt. [[rájas-]] n. <b class="b2">dark (lower) air, dust</b> (diff. Burrow BSOAS 12, 645ff.; Gonda KZ 73, 163f.), Arm. [[erek]], [[-oy]] [[evening]], Goth. [[riqiz]], OWNo. [[røkkr]] n. [[dark]], [[dusk]]; IE <b class="b2">*h₁régu̯os-</b> n. - Pok. 857.

|ftr='''ἔρεβος''': {érebos}<br />'''Grammar''': n.<br />'''Meaning''': [[Dunkel der Unterwelt]], [[Totengrund]] (poet. seit Il.).<br />'''Derivative''': Davon [[ἐρεβεννός]], äol. aus *ἐρεβεσνός eig. [[zum [[ἔρεβος]] gehörend]], [[finster]], [[dunkel]] (Il., Hes.), gewöhnlicher [[ἐρεμνός]] aus *ἐρεβνός (vgl. Risch 92; s. auch zu [[δεινός]]) ib. (ep. poet. seit Il.); [[ἐρεβώδης]] ib. (spät).<br />'''Etymology''' : Altes Wort für [[Dunkel]], auch im Altindischen, Armenischen und Germanischen erhalten: aind. ''rájas''- n. ‘dunkler (niederer) Luftkreis, Dunst, Staub’ (anders darüber Burrow BSOAS 12, 645ff.; zustimmend Gonda KZ 73, 163f.), arm. ''erek'', -''oy'' [[Abend]], got. ''riqiz'', awno. ''røkkr'' n. [[Dunkel]], [[Dämmerung]]; idg. *''rég^u̯os''- n. — WP. 2, 367, Pok. 857.<br />'''Page''' 1,550