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ὀρεύς

oreus

mule

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1. ὀρεύς · oreus — Beekes

ὀρεύς [m., f.] ‘mule’, replacing original Att. ἡμίονος (1]., Ar. Arist.). VAR Ion. ovpevc. eCOMP As a first member in ὀρεω-κόμος [m.] ‘mule driver’ (Att.), etc. (perhaps for ὀρεο- with influence of the gen. dpéwe?). DER ὀρικός ‘belonging to a mule’ (Is., Aeschin.). *ETYM Derived from ὅρος, Ion. οὖρος ‘frontier’, which originally means ‘furrow’. Thus, ὀρεύς would properly mean … — [Beekes, s.v. ὀρεύς, p. 1151]

2. ὀρεύς · oreus — Chantraine

ὀρεύς : ion. οὐρεύς « mulet » ou « mule » (JI., Ar., Arist.) moins usuel que ἡμίονος (voir s.u. ὄνος). — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀρεύς, p. 834]

3. ὀρεύς · oreus — Chantraine

ὀρεύς -- 818 — En composition : ὀρεω-κόμος « muletier » (att., Ar., ΡῚ., 1G 113, 10 B 4, ve-rves. av., etc.), -xouéo (Poil. 7,183), -πολέω «s'occuper de mules » (Suid.}, -πώλης « marchand de mules » {Suid.) ; le premier terme fait difficulté en raison de l-w- (une forme dpeo- est donnée par Hsch., et des mss) ; voyelle thématique en composition, avec influence du gén. ὀρέως (7). Dérivé : ὀρικός « de mule», p. ex. … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὀρεύς, p. 835]

4. ὀρεύς · oreus — Frisk

ὀρεύς, ion. οὐρεύς m. (f.) “Maulesel’, für echtatt. ἡμέονος (Il., Ar., Arist. u.a.) mit doıxöc “zum Maulesel gehörig’ (Is., Asschin. u.8.). Als Vorderglied in ὀρεω-κόμος m. “Mauleseltreiber” (stt.) u.a. — Von ὅρος, ion. οὖρος "Grenze’, eig. * Furche’ ; somit eig. „Furchenzieher” (Schulze Ὁ. 407 A.3, Bechtel Lex. 261f.). Der Spir. lenis des nicht echtatt. ὀρεύς kann durch sekundäre Beziehung auf ὅρος erklärt werden, … — [Frisk, s.v. ὀρεύς, p. 1386]

5. ὀρεύς · oreus — LSJ

mule, mule

mule, in Il., as a beast of draught and burden, always in Ion. form, synon. with ἡμίονος, cf. 23.115 with 121, and 24.702 with 716 ; also in Ar. Ra. 290, etc. ; νικᾶν τοῖς ὀρεῦσι win the mule-race, Arist. Rh. 1405b25.—In Att. ἡμίονος is the usual word, though the Adj. ὀρικός is preferred to ἡμιονικός by Moer. p.273P.

II

poet. Adj. for ὀρεινός, Lyc. 1111.

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὀρεύς (scan p. 1151; entry #4632).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὀρεύς (scan p. 835; entry #6010).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὀρεύς (scan p. 1386; entry #4320).

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