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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /é.ris/ → /ˈe.ris/ → /ˈe.ris/
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
- strife, quarrel (especially of battle)
- contention, rivalry
- (after Homer) political or domestic strife, discord, quarrel
- wordy wrangling, disputation, contention
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
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
- 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
- Katharevousa form of έρις (éris)