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ἤτριον

etrion

warp

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What it meant

1. ἤτριον · ētrion — Beekes

ἤτριον [n.] ‘warp’ (PL, E., Theoc.). *VAR ἄτριον Theoc. 18, 33 (better -iov?). *ETYM For the formation, cf. Apiov. Semantically, connection with » ἄττομαι ‘set the warp in the loom’ is probable; cf. the derivatives dopa, δίασμα with related meaning. It is difficult to give a precise derivational model, however. The word » ἐπήτριμοι ‘closely woven, thronged’ perhaps also belongs here. — [Beekes, s.v. ἤτριον, p. 574]

2. ἤτριον · ētrion — Chantraine

ἤτριον : n, ou p.-6. ἠτρίον, ἄτριον (Théoc. 18,33); « chaîne » d'un tissu, la trame se disant κρόκη (PI, E., Theoc., etc.) Et: Suflixe -1ov comme dans plov. Rapprochement plausible avec ἄττομαι, doux, δίασμα, On a aussi rattaché à ce groupe ἐπήτριμος, v. ce mot. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἤτριον, p. 432]

3. ἤτριον · ētrion — LSJ

warp, a thin, fine cloth, leaves made of strips of

warp (the woof being κρόκη), Pl. Phdr. 268a, Theoc. 18.33, AP 6.288 (Leon., pl.): in pl., a thin, fine cloth, such that one could see between the threads, ἤτρια πέπλων E. Ion 1421; ἤτρια βύβλων leaves made of strips of papyrus, prob. cj. in AP 9.350 (Leon.Alex.); τὸ διὰ ἠτρίου ἠθημένον Gal. 19.98.

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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. ἤτριον (scan p. 574; entry #2503).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἤτριον (scan p. 432; entry #3053).

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