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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">heap, corn-heap</b> (Hes., Hdt., X., Ar., Arist. a.o.).<br />Compounds: Few a. late compp., e.g. <b class="b3">πολύ-σωρος</b> <b class="b2">with many corn-heaps</b>, surn. of Demeter (AP; cf. <b class="b3">σωρῖτις</b> below).<br />Derivatives: 1. <b class="b3">σώρ-ακος</b> m. [[box]], [[basket]] (Ar. Fr. 248, inscr. a. pap. a.o., after <b class="b3">θύλακος</b>?; diff. [to be rejected] Nehring Glotta 14, 182) with <b class="b3">-ακίς</b> f. des. of an instrument to slean horses (pap. IIIa, Poll.). 2. <b class="b3">-ίτης</b> m. (sc. <b class="b3">λόγος</b>, <b class="b3">συλλογισμός</b>) <b class="b2">the conclusion of heaping</b> (des. of a wrong reasoning (Chrysipp., Cic., S.E. a.o.) with <b class="b3">-ιτικός</b> (S. E.); <b class="b3">-ῖτις</b> f. surn. of Demeter (Orph.; Redard 113 a. 213). 3. <b class="b3">-εός</b> = <b class="b3">σωρός</b> (EM, sch. a.o.: <b class="b3">κολεός</b> a.o.). 4. <b class="b3">-ηδόν</b> <b class="b2">by heaps</b> (Plb., LXX, AP). 5. <b class="b3">-εύω</b>, also w. <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b> a.o., <b class="b2">to heap up, pile up</b> (E., Arist., hell. a. late) with <b class="b3">-ευσις</b> (<b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">προσ-</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπο-</b>) f. <b class="b2">the heaping up, piling up</b> (Arist. a.o.), <b class="b3">-ευμα</b> (<b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>) n. <b class="b2">that which is heaped up, heap</b> (X., Eub.), <b class="b3">-εία</b> (<b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>) f. <b class="b2">the heaping</b>, also as mathem. terminus (Nicom., Plu. a.o.), <b class="b3">-ευτής</b> m. <b class="b2">the heaper</b> (Phld. a.o.) with <b class="b3">-ευτικός</b> (sch.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Unclar <b class="b3">σωρότερος</b>, as <b class="b2">big cup</b> explained (Greek-Copt. glossary, s. [[Aegyptus]] 6,215). No agreement outside Greek. Within Greek one compares <b class="b3">σῶμα</b> (like <b class="b3">γνῶ-μα</b> : <b class="b3">γνώ-ρ-ιμος</b>, <b class="b3">κλῆ-μα</b> : <b class="b3">κλῆ-ρος</b> etc.). Starting fom idg. <b class="b2">*tu̯ō-ro-s</b>, Solmsen IF 26, 2 13 ff. (where also against connection with <b class="b3">σορός</b>) seeks connection with [[σῶς]], <b class="b3">σάος</b>, further also with <b class="b3">ταΰς</b>, <b class="b3">τύλη</b> (s. vv.) etc. (IE <b class="b2">*tēu-</b> [[swell]]; WP. 1, 706ff., Pok. 1080ff.).

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