Ἀράτυος

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 *H2erH^u̯2- (que da lugar a ἀρόω, q.u., etc.), c. vocalización -α- < *°H^u̯2.

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.