1. νήρις · nēris — Beekes
νήρις 1 [?] plant name, mostly taken as ‘savin, Juniperus Sabina’ (Nic. Th. 531), but sometimes identified with νήριον. «Ὁ» eETYM Unknown. — [Beekes, s.v. νήρις, p. 1068]
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νῆρις
neris
savin, Juniperus Sabina
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What it meant
2. νῆρις · nēris — Beekes
νῆρις 2 νηρίδας: τὰς κοίλας πέτρας ‘hollow rocks’ (H.). «Ὁ» *ETYM Unknown. DELG connects the word with νηρόν, but this is not obvious. — [Beekes, s.v. νῆρις, p. 1068]
3. νῆρις · nēris — Chantraine
1 νῆρις : nom de plante généralement compris « sabine », sorte de genévrier {Nic. Th. 531), mais Brenning et Wellmann (Diosc. 4,81 app. critique) l’identifient à νήριον. — [Chantraine, s.v. νῆρις, p. 769]
4. νῆρις · nēris — Chantraine
2 νῆρις : au pl. νήριδας, voir νηρόν. vnpirns : généralement écrit -είτης, «coquillage », p.-é. le « triton » (Arist. H. À. 530 ἃ, etc.). Autres formes : &väpträc (Ibyc., Épich. 42), ἀνηρίτης (Hérod. 11). Le mot s'applique p.-ê. à plusieurs coquillages, cf. Thompson, Fishes s.u. Composé νηριτοτρόφος (Æsch. fr. 312), mais autre vue chez Leumann, Hom. Würier 245. — [Chantraine, s.v. νῆρις, p. 769]
5. νῆρις · nēris — LSJ
= βράθυ, Nic. Th. 531.
II
f.l. for πυρῖτις, Dsc. 1.9.
III hollow rock, cavern
hollow rock, cavern, Hsch. (pl.).
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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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