αἶρα

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A hammer, αἰράων ἔργα smith's work, Call.Fr.129.    2 = ἀξίνη, Hsch.    II darnel, Lolium temulentum, Thphr.HP 1.5.2: in pl., Ar.Fr.412, Pherecr.188, Arist.Somn.Vig.456b30, Herod. 6.100, etc.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

αἶρα: ἡ, σφῦρα, αἰράων ἔργα, ἔργα σιδηρουργοῦ, Καλλ. Ἀποσπ. 129. ΙΙ. τὸ ἐν τῷ σίτῳ παράσιτον φυτόν, ἡ κοινῶς «αἶρα» καλουμένη, ἐν Λακωνίᾳ δὲ καὶ Ζακύνθῳ καὶ πολλαχοῦ «ᾖρα», Λατ. lolium, Θεοφρ. Ἱ. Φ. 1. 5. 2· κατὰ πληθ. Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 364. Φερεκρ. Ἄδηλ. 17: ― κατὰ Ἀριστ. περὶ Ἐνυπν. 3. 9 ἦτο ὑπνωτική, ὥστε βεβαίως εἶναι τὸ Λατ. lolium temulentum L.

Spanish (DGE)

-ας, ἡ

• Morfología: [plu. gen. αἰράων Call.Fr.115.12; dat. αἴρῃσιν Euph.81.9]
I 1mazo, martillo αἰράων ἔργα Call.l.c., cf. Euph.l.c.
2 hacha Hsch.
II bot. cizaña, Lolium temulentum gener. en plu., Ar.Fr.428, Hp.Nat.Mul.32, Arist.Somn.Vig.456^b30, SEG 48.96.25 (Atenas IV a.C.), Herod.6.100, PCair.Zen.292.22 (III a.C.), Apollon.enal.12.998, Hippiatr.Cant.29.1, PHamb.19.16 (III d.C.)
•sg. Thphr.HP 1.5.2, Gal.11.816.

• Etimología: Cf. quizás ai. erakā ‘una hierba’, let. aĩres ‘cizaña’.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

αἶρα: ἡ бот. плевел Arst., Plut.

Frisk Etymological English

1.
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: hammer of a smith (Call. fr. 115, 12). = σφῦρα, ἀξίνη H., σφῦρα Et. Gen.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unknown. An axe as hammer ? From αἴρω Schwyzer 474 (improbable).
2.
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: darnel, Lolium temulentum (Thphr).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Hardly to Skt. erakā f. a kind of grass, which Specht KZ 66, 12 assumes to be an oriental loanword in both languages; rejected by Thieme 1953 = Heimat 586 = 52. Berger thinks the Sanskrit word is of Austro-Asiatic origin, WZKS 3 (1959) 48. (On erakas. Klaus MSS 57 (1997) 49-64). - αἰρόπινον s.s.v.