ἐρεύθω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=aor. 1 inf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐρεῦσαι Il. (v. infr.):—<b class="b2">make red, stain with red</b>, αἵματι γαῖαν <span class="bibl">11.394</span> ; γαῖαν ἐρεῦσαι αὐτοῦ ἐνὶ Τροίῃ <span class="bibl">18.329</span> ; βωμὸν φόνοισι Pythag. ap. <span class="bibl">S.E. <span class="title">M.</span>9.128</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be</b> or <b class="b2">become red</b>, Sapph.93, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>2.3.1</span>, <span class="title">Morb. Sacr.</span>15, <span class="bibl">Theoc.17.127</span> ; [<b class="b3">ἀστὴρ</b>] καλὸν -όμενος <span class="bibl">A.R.1.778</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr. in Act., <b class="b3">ἔρ]ευθε φώτων</b> [αἵμα] τι γαῖα <span class="bibl">B.12.152</span> ; τὸ πρόσωπον ἐ. <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Morb.</span>4.38</span>. (ONorse <b class="b2">rjóþa</b>, OE. <b class="b2">réodan</b> 'redden', OE. <b class="b2">réad</b> 'red' ; v. [[ἐρυθρός]].) </span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">make red, colour red</b> (Il.).<br />Other forms: Aor. <b class="b3">ἐρεῦσαι</b>,<br />Compounds: also with prefix <b class="b3">συνεξ-</b>, <b class="b3">κατ-</b>,<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἔρευθος</b> n. [[redness]] (Hp., Ph.) with <b class="b3">ἐρευθής</b> <b class="b2">red-coloured</b> (Str., Arat.; on the formation Chantraine Formation 428, Schwyzer 513), further the poetical <b class="b3">ἐρευθήεις</b> (<b class="b3">-ιόεις</b>) <b class="b2">id.</b> (A. R.; Schwyzer 527), <b class="b3">ἐρευθαλέος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Nonn.), prob. innovation (Debrunner IF 23, 7); not old <b class="b2">l-n-</b>interchange in spite of <b class="b3">Ἐρευθαλίων</b> (Hom.; like <b class="b3">Δευκαλίων</b>, <b class="b3">Πυγμαλίων</b> a. o.), <b class="b3">Ἐρευθαλία</b> town in Argos (Sch.; like <b class="b3">Οἰχαλία</b>). Denomin. verbs: <b class="b3">ἐρευθέω</b> <b class="b2">get red</b> (Luc., pap.) with <b class="b3">ἐρεύθημα</b> (Gal.), <b class="b3">ἐρευθιάω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Hp.; after the verbs of disease). - The plant name <b class="b3">ἐρευθέδανον</b> n. <b class="b2">red dye, Rubia tinctorum</b> (Hdt., Thphr.; Schwyzer 530, Chantraine 362); also <b class="b3">ἐρυθρόδανον</b>, s. [[ἐρυθρός]].<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [872] <b class="b2">*h₁reudʰ-</b> [[red]]<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">ἐρεύθω</b> is identical with ONo. [[rjōđa]] <b class="b2">make bloody</b>, OE [[rēodan]] <b class="b2">paint red</b>. <b class="b3">ἔρευθος</b> too can have a outer-Greek equivalent, i. e. in Lat. [[rōbus]], [[rōbur]], <b class="b2">-oris</b> [[heartwood]] (with dialectal [[ō]] < [[eu]]), as heartwood is stronger red or browny than the sap-wood (see W.-Hofmann s. v.). <b class="b2">s-</b>stem forms have been assumed, but see on <b class="b3">ἐρυσίβη</b>. - An old formation is [[ἐρυθρός]]; s. v.