- ἤρανος
- ἤρανοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `keeper, lord, helper' (hellen. poetry), in H. = βασιλεύς, ἄρχων, σκοπός, φύλαξ.Derivatives: ἠρανέων βοηθῶν, χαριζόμενος H.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Earlier found as ἐπι-ήρανος `powerful, ruling, protecting' (Emp., Pl. Com., AP). On the suffix cf. on κοίρανος. Fick 2, 270 compares Skt. vāraka- `who wards off, opponent' (or rather vāraṇá- `averting, strong' [RV.]), Welsh gwawr `hero' (IE *u̯ōr-?); so to ἔρυμαι. With ἐπι-ήρανος cf. ἐπι-βουκόλος; is ἤρανος an archaising simplex? - Connection with ἦρα, ἐπίηρος seems semantically impossible.Page in Frisk: 1,642-643
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.