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|etymtx=-ιος<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[battle]] (Il.; cf. Trümpy Fachausdrücke 141ff.).<br />Derivatives: Denomin. <b class="b3">δηρίομαι</b> (Pi.), aor. <b class="b3">δηρίσαντο</b> (θ 76), act. <b class="b3">δηρῖσαι</b> (Thgn.), pass. <b class="b3">δηρινθήτην</b> (Π 756) as if from <b class="b3">*δηρίνω</b>; perhaps for <b class="b3">δηριθήτην</b> (Schwyzer 761 n. 5; s. Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 404), <b class="b3">δηρινθῆναι</b> (A. R.), pres. metrically reshaped in <b class="b3">δηριόωντο</b>, <b class="b3">δηριάασθαι</b> etc. (Hom.; Schwyzer 727, Chantraine 1, 359); ptc. act. <b class="b3">δηριώντων</b> (Pi. N. 11, 26; for <b class="b3">-όντων</b> acc. to Schulze Q. 384 A. 3), <b class="b3">δηριόωντες</b> (A. R. 1, 752; s. Schwyzer-Debrunner 234, partly metrically determined). - <b class="b3">δηρίττειν ἐρίζειν</b> H. - Privative adj. <b class="b3">ἀ-δήρι-τος</b> <b class="b2">without battle</b> (Ρ 42; <b class="b3">ἄ-δηρις</b> AP); as verbal adj. to <b class="b3">δηρίομαι</b> [[undomitable]] (A. Pr. 105), [[undisputed]] (Plb.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] <b class="b2">*der-</b> [[split]]<br />Etymology: Formally <b class="b3">δῆρις</b> agrees with Skt. <b class="b2">-dāri-</b> [[splitting]] (as second member in the Epos); verbal abstract in <b class="b2">-i-</b> (Osthoff ZdgP 118 and 607, Brugmann Grundr.2 2 : 1, 518). So originally [[splitting]], [[discord]]. Further s. [[δέρω]].

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