- ἔρανος
- ἔρανοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `meal on joint account, meal of friends' (Od., Pi.); `loan from friends, society' (Att. hell.).Compounds: comp. ἐραν-άρχης `president of an ἔρανος' with -έω (Pap. u. a.), also ἀρχ-έρανος = ἀρχ-ερανιστής (Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 232; 2, 111) with -ίζω (inscr.).Derivatives: ἐρανικός `regarding an ἔ.' and denomin. ἐρανιζω, -ομαι `collect contributions' (Att. hell.) with ἐράν-ισις (Pl.), -ισμός (D. H.), ἐρανιστής `participant or member of an ἔ.' (Att. hell.; Fraenkel 1, 173f.), also ἐρανεστής (Achä.) after κηδεστής a. o. (diss. Fraenkel l. c.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Uncertain. Acc. to Brugmann IF 13, 155ff. together with ἔροτις `feast' (Aeol. etc.) and ἑορτή (s. v.) to ἦρα `pleasure, service'; s. v. with connections outside Greek. Basic form *Ϝέρα-νος, *Ϝέρο-τις, but their origin is unknow: Pre-Greek?.Page in Frisk: 1,547-548
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.