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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[swing]], [[hammock]], [[noose]], [[halter]] (Pl.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">αἰωρέω</b>, <b class="b3">-έομαι</b> [[swing]], [[hang]] (Pi.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: One reconstructs <b class="b3">*Ϝαι-Ϝωρ-έω</b>, an intensive (iterative) verb, Schwyzer 423, 647: a 1, 720 : 2. from which <b class="b3">*ϜαιϜώρα</b> > <b class="b3">αἰώρα</b> was derived. Taillardat assumes <b class="b2">*h₂uor-eyo</b> > <b class="b3">*αϜωρέω</b> (as in <b class="b3">πωλέω</b> etc.); redupl. in Greek <b class="b3">*αϜαϜωρ-</b> which would have given <b class="b3">*αϜαιωρ-</b> > <b class="b3">αἰωρ-</b> (like <b class="b3">*αϜαιρω</b> > <b class="b3">αἴρω</b>). Not quite certain seems to me the redupl. <b class="b3">αϜ-αϜ-</b>, and the development to <b class="b3">*αϜαy</b>- and its continuation as (<b class="b3">αϜ)-αι-</b> (before vowel). Also, it is not evident that the word has the root of <b class="b3">ἀείρω</b>.
|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[swing]], [[hammock]], [[noose]], [[halter]] (Pl.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">αἰωρέω</b>, <b class="b3">-έομαι</b> [[swing]], [[hang]] (Pi.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: One reconstructs <b class="b3">*Ϝαι-Ϝωρ-έω</b>, an intensive (iterative) verb, Schwyzer 423, 647: a 1, 720 : 2. from which <b class="b3">*ϜαιϜώρα</b> > <b class="b3">αἰώρα</b> was derived. Taillardat assumes <b class="b2">*h₂uor-eyo</b> > <b class="b3">*αϜωρέω</b> (as in <b class="b3">πωλέω</b> etc.); redupl. in Greek <b class="b3">*αϜαϜωρ-</b> which would have given <b class="b3">*αϜαιωρ-</b> > <b class="b3">αἰωρ-</b> (like <b class="b3">*αϜαιρω</b> > <b class="b3">αἴρω</b>). Not quite certain seems to me the redupl. <b class="b3">αϜ-αϜ-</b>, and the development to <b class="b3">*αϜαy</b>- and its continuation as (<b class="b3">αϜ)-αι-</b> (before vowel). Also, it is not evident that the word has the root of <b class="b3">ἀείρω</b>.
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|mdlsjtxt=[[ἀείρω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[machine]] for suspending bodies: a [[noose]] for [[hanging]], a [[halter]], Soph. in the [[form]] [[ἐώρα]]).<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[suspension]] in the air, [[oscillation]], plat.
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