- ὀρεύς
- ὀρεύςGrammatical information: m. (f.).Meaning: `mule', for real Att. ἡμίονος (Il., Ar., Arist.).Other forms: Ion. οὑρεύς.Compounds: As 1. member in ὀρεω-κόμος m. `mule driver' (Att.) a.o. (for ὀρεο- with influence of gen. ὀρέος?).Derivatives: ὀρικός `belonging to a mule' (Is., Aeschin.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [326] *h₁er- (h₃er-?) `set in move XXXEtymology: From ὅρος, Ion. οὖρος `frontier', prop. *'furrow'; so prop. "furrowdrawer" (Schulze Q. 407 n. 3, Bechtel Lex. 261f.). The spir. lenis of the not real-Att. ὀρεύς may be explained through secondary association with ὄρος, s. Bosshardt $ 65 (cf. also Chantraine Form. 126); on the psilosis also Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 185.Page in Frisk: 2,414
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.