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μάρη

mare

[f

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What it meant

1. μάρη · marē — Beekes

μάρη [f.] “hand (Pi. Fr. 310). «Ὁ» eDER ν εὐμαρής, whence εὐμάρεια; uncertain μάρις, -ews [m.] name of a measure for liquids, = 6 κοτύλαι (Arist., Poll.), = 10 χόες (Polyaen.), whence diminutive μάριον (pap.). *ETYM Forssman 1966: 135-140 doubts the authenticity of μάρη ‘hand’. Blanc REGr. 105 (1992): §48-556 and Blanc RPh. 70 (1996): 118 and 126 supposes that the form was coined to explain εὐμαρής. Schrijver 1991: … — [Beekes, s.v. μάρη, p. 956]

2. μάρη · marē — Frisk

μάρη f. "Hand’ (Pi. Fr. 310). — Davon εὐμαρής mit εὐμάρεια, 8. bes.; ganz unsicher μάρις, -ewg m. N. eines Flüssigkeitsmaßes, = 6 κοτύλαι (Arıst., Poll.), = 10 χόες (Polyaen.), mit dem Demin. μάριον (Pap.). — Gr. uden und lat. manus können als Ausläufer eines heteroklitischen r-n-Stamms erklärt werden. Erweiterungen des n-Stamms liegen vor in germ., z.B. awno. mund f. ‘Hand’ (idg. *mxr-t-) und in kelt., korn. manal … — [Frisk, s.v. μάρη, p. 1147]

3. μάρη · marē — LSJ

hand

= χείρ, hand, Pi. Fr. 310. (Hence εὐμαρής, εὐμάρεια.)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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