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|etymtx=-ορος<br />Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[sword]] (Il.)<br />Other forms: For <b class="b3">ἄορας</b> acc. pl. ρ 222 read <b class="b3">ἄορα γ</b>'. S. Trümpy Fachausdrücke 60ff.<br />Dialectal forms: Note the tribe of the <b class="b3">Ἀορεῖς</b> in Corinth and the <b class="b3">ἈϜοροί</b> on Corcyra.<br />Compounds: (gen.) <b class="b3">χρυσάορος</b>, <b class="b3">χρυσάορ -α</b>, <b class="b3">-ι</b> (Il.), epithet of gods and godesses, also of Orpheus, <b class="b2">with golden sword</b>, but others take it as <b class="b2">with golden (hanging) ornament</b> (below); also PN <b class="b3">Χρυσάωρ</b> (Hes.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [771] <b class="b2">*n̥s-</b> [[sword]]<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">ἄορ</b> was taken as noun of <b class="b3">ἀείρω</b> with orig. meaning <b class="b2">what hangs</b>, what would fit <b class="b3">χρυσάορος</b> well. With <b class="b2">o-</b>grade or Aeolic zero grade. Ruijgh, Lingua 25 (1970) 312f., rejects this, and assumes <b class="b2">*n̥s-r̥</b>, connected with Lat. [[ensis]] and Skt. <b class="b2">asi-</b> (both with <b class="b2">*n̥s-</b>), though the Skt. word means <b class="b2">butchers knife</b>. One points also to Pal. hasira- dagger', but <b class="b2">*h₂ns-</b> would give Gr. <b class="b3">*αν-</b>.

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