Ἀράτυος
From LSJ
English (LSJ)
ὁ (sc. μήν), name of month in Locris, SIG2855.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ el mes Aratio en la Lócride IG 92.705.6 (Delfos II a.C.).
• Etimología: De un *ἀρατύς ‘tiempo de labranza’, n. de acción sobre la raíz *H2erHu̯2- (que da lugar a ἀρόω, q.u., etc.), c. vocalización -α- < *°Hu̯2.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: Locrian month name = november (- december) SIG2 855.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unknown. A suggestion is: from *Ἀράτυια n. pl. feast of plowing, from ἀρα-τύς, το ἀρό-ω plow; on the α cf. Cret. ἄρα-τρον = ἄρο-τρον. Schwyzer, Glotta 12, 1f.; also Benveniste, Noms d'agent 73.