ἀέρρω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Proto-Hellenic *awéřřō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wér-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (to raise?; to bind, enclose?).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἀέρρω • (aérrhō)

  1. Aeolic form of ἀείρω (aeírō)
    • Alcaeus, Fragments 363:
      ἀλλ᾿ ἐμάχετο τὸ
      νόον δὲ ϝαύτω
      πάμπαν ἀέρρει
      all’ emákheto tò
      nóon dè waútō
      pámpan aérrhei
      • Translation by David A. Campbell
        But against this was
        and he sends his thoughts soaring high

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