ἀφρός: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[foam]], [[slaver]] (Il.).<br />Derivatives: [[ἀφρώδης]] [[foaming]] (Hp.), [[ἀφριόεις]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Nic.; metri causa, s. Chantr. Form. 272). [[ἀφρῖτις]], <b class="b3">-ιδος</b> f. kind of [[ἀφύη]] (Arist., s. Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 81). Denom. [[ἀφρέω]] [[foam]] (Il.), [[ἀφρίζω]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Ion.-Att.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Meillet BSL 31, 51f. connected Arm. prpur [[foam]] (not to [[σπείρω]]). But the [[ἀ-]] is problematic (a <b class="b2">*h₂-</b> would give [[a-]] in Armenian), and the <b class="b2">*bh</b> supposed by Greek did not give <b class="b2">p`</b> in Arm. - Not to Skt. abhrá- n. [[cloud]], [[ὄμβρος]] (because of the meaning). Not here <b class="b3">ἀφρίους ἀθέρας</b> H. (s.v.).