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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Often considered to be an action noun *ϝέλ-ϝαρ (*wél-war). Perhaps from εἰλέω (eiléō, “to press together”), but this does not fit very well and neither is related to εἰλέω (eiléō, “to roll, wind”). Beekes, instead, suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, protect”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /êː.lar/ → /ˈi.lar/ → /ˈi.lar/
Noun
εἶλᾰρ • (eîlar) n (genitive εἴλᾰρος); third declension
- parapet, protective wall
- covering, shelter, defence
Inflection
Further reading
- “εἶλαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εἶλαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- εἶλαρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εἶλαρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- εἶλαρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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