ἔθρις

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

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”)

    • 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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