ἀρίζηλος

• ᾰ̓ρῐ́ζᾱλος (ărĭ́zālos) — Doric

From an augmentative prefix ἀρι-, while the second part is, like δῆλος (dêlos, “visible, conspicuous”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“heaven, sky; to shine”).

ᾰ̓ρῐ́ζηλος • (ărĭ́zēlos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓ρῐ́ζηλον); second declension

1. (of light or voice) conspicuous, very distinct
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.244:

     ἀρίζηλοι δέ οἱ αὐγαί

     arízēloi dé hoi augaí

     and conspicuous are the rays

2. (of persons) conspicuous, remarkable
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 18.518–519:

     καλὼ καὶ μεγάλω σὺν τεύχεσιν, ὥς τε θεώ περ
     ἀμφὶς ἀριζήλω· λαοὶ δ᾽ ὑπολίζονες ἦσαν.

     kalṑ kaì megálō sùn teúkhesin, hṓs te theṓ per
     amphìs arizḗlō; laoì d’ hupolízones êsan.

     beautiful and great in their armor, certainly as gods,
     conspicous to both sides: and the people were smaller.

• ᾰ̓ρῐζήλωτος (ărĭzḗlōtos)

• “ἀρίζηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀρίζηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀρίζηλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀρίζηλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρίζηλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀρίζηλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀρίζηλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 131