ἔρις

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to separate”), albeit according to Vasmer is instead cognate to Sanskrit ऋति (ṛti, “assault”) and Proto-Germanic *ernustuz (“struggle, fight”)

Noun

ἔρῐς • (éris) f (genitive ἔρῐδος); third declension

1. strife, quarrel (especially of battle)
2. contention, rivalry
3. (after Homer) political or domestic strife, discord, quarrel
   1. wordy wrangling, disputation, contention

Declension

Derived terms

• ἐρίζω (erízō)
• Ἔρῐς (Éris)
• ἐριστικός (eristikós)

Descendants

• Greek: έριδα (érida)

References

• “ἔρις (Α)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Watkins, Calvert, ed., The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed.

Etymology 2

See ἶρῐς (îris, “rainbow”).

Noun

ἔρῐς • (éris) f (genitive ἔρῐδος); third declension

1. Alternative spelling of ἶρῐς (îris)

References

• “ἔρις (Β)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἔρις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔρις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἔρις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2054 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • altercation idem, page 25.
  • antagonism idem, page 32.
  • antipathy idem, page 32.
  • argument idem, page 39.
  • bickering idem, page 78.
  • brawl idem, page 94.
  • competition idem, page 151.
  • contention idem, page 167.
  • controversy idem, page 170.
  • difference idem, page 223.
  • disagreement idem, page 227.
  • discord idem, page 230.
  • discussion idem, page 232.
  • disputation idem, page 238.
  • dispute idem, page 238.
  • dissension idem, page 239.
  • disunion idem, page 243.
  • emulation idem, page 269.
  • feud idem, page 317.
  • hostility idem, page 407.
  • jar idem, page 461.
  • quarrel idem, page 663.
  • rivalry idem, page 718.
  • schism idem, page 739.
  • scramble idem, page 741.
  • split idem, page 803.
  • strife idem, page 825.
  • variance idem, page 944.

Greek

Noun

ἔρις • (éris) f

1. Katharevousa form of έρις (éris)