τρήρων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Because of the Doric forms τρᾱρόν (trārón), and ταρόν (tarón) with dissimilation, we must start from *τρασ-ρόν, with a zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *tres- (to tremble), the same root of τρέω (tréō), and thus cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬭𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (trərəsaiti), Latin terreo, Old Irish tarrach, Lithuanian trišu, Latvian trisēt, Old Church Slavonic трѧсти (tręsti), Sanskrit त्रसति (trasati). Not related to ὀτρηρός (otrērós, quick, nimble).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

τρήρων • (trḗrōn) m or f; third declension

  1. (of doves) timorous, shy, pavid

Inflection

Occurs only in the masculine and feminine.

Derived terms

  • εὐτρήρων (eutrḗrōn)
  • πολῠτρήρων (polutrḗrōn)

Descendants

  • Koine Greek: τρηρός (trērós)

Further reading

  • τρήρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • τρήρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • τρήρων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • τρήρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • τρήρων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τρήρων”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1508
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