- ἀείρω 1
- ἀείρω 1.Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `raise (up)' (Il.).Other forms: ἄωρτο Il. s. Tichy Onomatop. 364f. (ἄορτο \< h₂u̯r̥-to).Dialectal forms: Att. αἴρω (Perhaps made to the fut. Att. ἀ̄ρῶ \< *ἀερω. Improbable Heubeck Orbis 13 (1964) 264-7: *sr̥-. Convincingly Taillardat, CEG 1, assumes a zero grade verb *ἀϜαρ-yω \> αἴρω. For the phenomenon cf. τέμνω \/ τάμνω.)Compounds: ἀερσί-ποδες `lifting their feet' (Il.); μετήορος `(being) in the air', Att. μετέωρος, Aeol. πεδάορος (or from ἀήρ?).Derivatives: ἄρσις f. `raising' (Arist.); ἀρτήρ?Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [1150] *h₂uer-? `raise'?Etymology: Not from ἀ̄ήρ `air' (which has long a-). No cognates known, but the form requires *h₂uer-. S. also ἀείρω 2.Page in Frisk: 1,23
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.