δέρη: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[neck]], [[throat]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: poetical innovation [[δείρεα]] pl. (Euph.; after [[μέλεα]], [[μήδεα]], [[χείλεα]] etc. ); also [[δέρις]] (Alciphr., H.; cf [[ῥάχις]] etc.).<br />Dialectal forms: [[δέρη]] Att., [[δειρή]] Ion., [[δερϜα]] Arc., [[δέρα]] (Sapph.)<br />Compounds: Several poet. bahuvrihi's only with <b class="b3">-δειρος</b>, as 1. member only [[δειραχθής]] (AP), [[δειροκύπελλον]] (Luc.), [[δειρόπαις]] (Lyc.). Epic comp. (<b class="b3">ἀπο)δειροτομέω</b> [[cut off the neck]], as if from <b class="b3">*δειρο-τόμος</b>; s. Schwyzer 726.<br />Derivatives: Demin. [[δειράδιον]] (Poll.); [[δέραιον]] [[necklace]] (E.; from <b class="b3">περιδέρ-αιον</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> [Ar. etc.]), [[δέριον]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Charis.); [[δειρητής]] = [[στρουθός]] (Nic. Fr. 123), [[δερβιστήρ]] (= <b class="b3">δερϜ-</b>) EM, <b class="b3">δερ[ρ]ιστήρ περιδέραιον ἵππου</b>, <b class="b3">δερ[ρ]ιστής κυνάγχη περιαυχένιος</b> H.; cf. [[βραχιονιστήρ]] s. [[βραχίων]].<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Beside [[δέρη]], [[δειρή]] from PGr. [[δερϜα]] (= Arc.) one compares IIr. and BSl. words : Skt. Av. <b class="b2">grīvā́</b>, Russ. <b class="b2">grī́va</b> (orig. [[neck]], cf. Russ. [[grívьna]] [[collar]]), Latv. [[grĩva]] <b class="b2">mouth of a ricer, Düna-mouth</b>. On this basis one assumes beside [[δερϜα]] < <b class="b2">*guer-u̯ā</b>, with which Aeol. [[δερα]] (for expected <b class="b3">*βερα</b>) does not agree. There is no explanation for <b class="b2">guer-</b> : <b class="b2">gurī-</b>. (Useless Szemerényi, Gnomon 43 (1971) 664). - Connection with [[devour]] (s. [[βιβρώσκω]]) is quite improbable.