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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Previously, an iterative verb *ϝαι-ϝωρ-έω (*wai-wōr-éō) was reconstructed, from which this word was a derivation. This type is not accepted anymore. Taillardat assumes a derivation from the root of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise up”), with a successive reduplication. However, Beekes finds this uncertain and leaves the etymology open.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ai̯.ɔ̌ː.ra/ → /ɛˈo.ra/ → /eˈo.ra/
Noun
αἰώρᾰ • (aiṓră) f (genitive αἰώρᾱς); first declension
- swing, hammock, chariot on springs
- noose, halter
- oscillatory movement, seesaw
- (medicine) passive exercise
- (of mind) fluctuation
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Further reading
- “αἰώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἰώρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- αἰώρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰώρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN