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ἐλασᾶς

elasas

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1. ἐλασᾶς · elasas — Beekes

ἐλασᾶς [m.] “chaser”, name of an unknown bird (Ar. Av. 886). «ΡΟ» eVAR Accus. -a. *ETYM Acc. to W. Petersen Class. Phil. 32 (1937): 129, the word is a formation in -d¢ from ἐλάσαι, just as τρεσᾶς, χεσᾶς; it is hardly from *éAa-cocg (Solmsen 1909: 245, Fraenkel 1912: 15f., Schwyzer: 461). Possibly Pre-Greek. DELG thinks that the word was coined by Aristophanes. See » ἐλέα. — [Beekes, s.v. ἐλασᾶς, p. 448]

2. ἐλασᾶς · elasas — Frisk

ἐλασᾶς, -ä m. „Treiber“, N. eines unbekannten Vogels (Ar. Av. 886). Bildung auf -äs zu ἐλάσαι wie τρεσᾶς, χεσᾶς (Petersen Class. Phil. 32, 129); kaum zu Ἐἔλα-σος (Solmsen Wortforsch. 245, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 15f., Schwyzer 461 m. weiterer Lit.). Vgl. auch ἐλέα, ἐλεᾶς. ’Eidatepog m. Beiname des Zeus (Paros ὃ, s. Nilsson Cults 163 f.). — Vgl. ἐλατήρ als Zeusepithet (Pi. O. 4, 1, Kall. Jov. 3) und Formen mit … — [Frisk, s.v. ἐλασᾶς, p. 513]

3. ἐλασᾶς · elasas — Frisk

ἐλασᾶς. Wohl Zufallsbildung, 5. Björck Alpha impurum 63 und 272, Chantraine Kratylos 7 (1962) 168. — [Frisk, s.v. ἐλασᾶς, p. 2210]

4. ἐλασᾶς · elasas — LSJ

bird

an unknown bird, Ar. Av. 886.

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