ἔροτις
πεσούσης νυκτός, πάσα γυνὴ Λαΐς εστί → at nightfall, every woman is a Laïs | all cats are gray at night | all cats are gray by night | all cats are gray in the dark | all cats are grey at night | all cats are grey by night | all cats are grey in the dark | all women look the same with the lights off | when lights are out all women look the same
English (LSJ)
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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