ἦρι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly a locative from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsḗr, from which comes ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr, “mist, air”), and related to ἠέριος (ēérios, “with the early morning”) and ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”).

Adverb

ἦρι • (êri)

(Epic)

early in the morning

Derived terms

ἠριγένεια (ērigéneia)

References

ἦρι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἦρι in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἦρι in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἦρι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

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