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αἴγειρος

aigeiros

black poplar

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What it meant

1. αἴγειρος · aigeiros — Beekes

αἴγειρος [f.] ‘black poplar’ (11... «PG(v)> *VAR alyepoc (Com. Adesp. 1276, Kock), DER αἰγειρών ‘poplar grove’, aiyeipivac, aiyeipitng ‘of the poplar’ (all Hell. and late). *ETYM The connection with » αἰγίλωψ, » alyavén is uncertain. Sommer IF 55 (1937): 260 pointed to numerous non-IE words like αἴγιθος and names in Aly- (Αἴγινα, Aiyai, etc.), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin. This would be confirmed by the form with … — [Beekes, s.v. αἴγειρος, p. 78]

2. αἴγειρος · aigeiros — Chantraine

αἴγειρος premier terme du composé reste également énigmatique. J. Wackernagel pose *oaf- en rapprochant lat. saeuos, etc: (Verm.. Beiträge 7). Autre bibliographie chez Frisk, s.u. Le rapprochement de aiävñs οἱ de αἰακτός Æsch. -P..931939 est un simple jeu verbal. - L'emploi de alävhc au sens d’« éternel » est en définitive peu attesté et semble secondaire. Il doit s'expliquer par l’'étymologie populaire qui aurait … — [Chantraine, s.v. αἴγειρος, p. 43]

3. αἴγειρος · aigeiros — Chantraine

αἴγειρος. étymologie, et l'hypothèse que αἴγειρος soit ur terme indigène reste donc en l'air. — [Chantraine, s.v. αἴγειρος, p. 44]

4. αἴγειρος · aigeiros — LSJ

black poplar, Populus nigra

black poplar, Populus nigra, μακεδνή, μακρή, Od. 7.106, 10.510, cf. Il. 4.482, S. Fr. 23, etc.; αἴ. ὑδατοτρεφέες Od. 17.208, cf. 9.141, 5.64, 239, E. Hipp. 210 (lyr); named among ἄκαρπα in Arist. Mu. 401a4; καρποφόρος Mir. 835b2: prov., αἰγείρου θέα, of a seat in the theatre which had no view of the stage, Cratin. 339.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. αἴγειρος (scan p. 78; entry #194).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. αἴγειρος (scan p. 43; entry #181). Root candidates: *oaf-.

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