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ἀήσῠρος

aesuros

light, agile

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k

What it meant

1. ἀήσυρος · aēsyros — Beekes

ἀήσυρος [adj.] probably ‘light, agile’, said of ants (A.). < PG?(S)> eVAR Cf. ἀήσυρον' τὸ λέπτον, τὸ μετέωρον καὶ κοῦφον παρά τὸ ἀέρι σύρεσθαι ἐπὶ ὀρνέων ‘delicate, elevated, light, after being dragged through the air by birds’ (Suda). *ETYM Connection with » Gnu is improbable; rather a substrate word (where the suffix -vp- is not infrequent). — [Beekes, s.v. ἀήσυρος, p. 75]

2. ἀήσῠρος · aēsyros — LSJ

light as air, springing lightly, blowing softly

light as air, μύρμηκες A. Pr. 452; ἀ. γόνυ κάμψει Call. Hec. Fr. 311 Pf. [updated ref.]; γυῖα Orph. Fr. 18; springing lightly, πόρτις Tryph. 360; blowing softly, Βορέας A.R. 2.1101.

In the wild

ἀήσυροι · aēsyroi Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 452–453

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀήσῠρος (scan p. 75; entry #179).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀήσῠρος (scan p. 57; entry #159).

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