ἔρρω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to ἐρύω (erúō, “drag”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to drag on the ground”). Compare Hittite [Term?] (/warš-/, “pluck, reap”), Albanian zvarrë (“drag on the ground”), Latin verro (“to drag, to sweep”), Old Norse vǫrr (“stroke”), Latvian vârsms (“heap of corn, grain”).[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ér̥.r̥ɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛr̥.r̥o/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.ro/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈer.ro/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ro/

Verb

ἔρρω • (érrhō)

I go slowly, I limp
I wander
I go or come to harm, I disappear
(vulgar, usually imperative) Go to hell, perish, begone.

References

ἔρρω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἔρρω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἔρρω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἔρρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἔρρω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

“Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke

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[1] “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke