ἀέροψ
ἔνδον γὰρ ἁνὴρ ἄρτι τυγχάνει, κάρα στάζων ἱδρῶτι καὶ χέρας ξιφοκτόνους → yes, the man is now inside, his face and hands that have slaughtered with the sword dripping with sweat
English (LSJ)
οπος, ὁ, Boeot. name for the bird μέροψ (q.v.), Sch.Ar.Av. 1354.
Spanish (DGE)
-οπος, ὁ
• Alolema(s): jón. ἠέροπος Ant.Lib.18.3
orn. abejaruco, Merops apiaster L., Ant.Lib.l.c., Hsch.s.u. Ἀέροπες, Sch.Ar.Au.1354a, 1357 (var. por μέροψ cit. Arist.HA 615b25).
• Etimología: C. suf. -οψ cf. πηνέλοψ, μέροψ, etc.; el suf. puede venir de *oku̯- ‘vista’; ἀερ- quizá de ἀήρ ‘aire’.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀέροψ: Ἰων. ἠέροψ, οπος, ὁ, Βοιωτ. ὄνομα τοῦ πτηνοῦ μέροψ, (ὃ ἴδε), Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρ. 1354.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: Boeotian name for the bird μέροψ, Sch. Ar. Av. 1354.Also Ἀέροπες· ἔθνος, Τροιζῆνα κατοικοῦντες. καί ἐν Μακεδονιᾳ γένος τι. καί ὄρνεά τινα. H. ἀεροπός κοχλίας (snail) H.
Other forms: εἶροψ = μέροψ also Boeotian (Arist.). PN Ήέροπος
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Cf. bird names like πηνέλοψ, μέροψ, and personal and people's names in -οπ-. Chantr. Mél. Cumont.1936, 125f; Kalléris 1954, 87; Beekes Glotta 73 (1995/6) 12-34; clearly a substr. element. Chantr. thinks that the α- is long, because of Ant. Lib. 18, 3 ἠέροπος. - Fur. 243, 246, 352 assumes μ/F and prothesis ἀ-/ἐ-/ἠ-: μέροπ- / ἀέροπ- / εἶροπ- < *εϜεροπ- / ἠέροπ-. (Uncertain; εἰ-, ἠ- sec. lengthenings?) Pre-Greek origin of the bird name, and the people's / man's name, is probable (cf. -οπ-). S. μέροψ.
See also: Cf. ἠερόφωνος.
