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ἔροτις

From LSJ

Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446
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Full diacritics: ἔροτις Medium diacritics: ἔροτις Low diacritics: έροτις Capitals: ΕΡΟΤΙΣ
Transliteration A: érotis Transliteration B: erotis Transliteration C: erotis Beta Code: e)/rotis

English (LSJ)

Aeolic for ἐροτή, = ἑορτή.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1033] ἡ, äol. dasselbe, Eur. El. 625; vgl. Giese Aeol. Dial. S. 286.

Greek Monolingual

ἔροτις, ἡ (Α)
εορτή, πανήγυρη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Πιθ. < Fέροτις. Η λ. συνδέεται ετυμολογικώς με τα έρανος και εορτή].

Greek Monotonic

ἔροτις: ἡ, Αιολ. αντί ἑορτή, σε Ευρ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἔροτις: ἡ эол. Eur. = ἑορτή.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: feast (Aeol. acc. to H, Cypr. acc. to Eust.) epigr. of king Nikokreon (Kaibel, Epigr. gr 846; perhaps Chalcedon (SIG 1009); E. El. 625; ἐροτή P.Oxy. 2084; on the use Bechtel Dial. 1, 119 und 447.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Perhaps to ἔρανος and ἑορτή, s. vv.

Middle Liddell

ἔροτις, ιος [aeolic for ἑορτή, Eur.]

Frisk Etymology German

ἔροτις: {érotis}
Meaning: Fest (äol. und kypr.); zum Gebrauch Bechtel Dial. 1, 119 und 447.
Etymology: Vielleicht zu ἔρανος und ἑορτή, s. dd.
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