ἔθρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ἴθρις (íthris), ἄθρις (áthris) (Suid.), ὄθρις (óthris) (Zonar.)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-ri-, whence also Sanskrit वध्रि (vadhri, “castrated”).[1] Beekes proposes Pre-Greek origin on the grounds of the initial fluctuating vowel.[2]

Adjective

ἔθρις • (éthris)

  1. castrated; (nominalised) eunuch; wether (castrated ram)
    Synonyms: τομίας (tomías, “castrated”); εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos), σπάδων (spádōn, “eunuch”); κριός (kriós, “ram”)
    • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Ε:
      ἔθρις· τομίας, κριός
      éthris; tomías, kriós
      éthris: castrated, ram
    • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Ι:
      ἴθρις· σπάδων, τομίας, εὐνοῦχος
      íthris; spádōn, tomías, eunoûkhos
      íthris: eunuch, castrated, eunuch

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1. u̯edh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1115
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔθρις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378
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