- ἔθειραι
- ἔθειραιGrammatical information: f. pl.Meaning: `manes of a horse, helmbush' (Il.), `hair', also sing. (h. Ven., Pi.), `of a lion, of a wild boar' etc. (Theoc.).Compounds: χρυσο-έθειρος `with golden hair' (Archil.), εὑ-έθειρα f. (Anakr.) etc.Derivatives: ἐθειράδες `hair of the beard' (π 176 v. l. for γενειάδες); ἐθειράζω `have long hair' (Theoc.); also ἐθείρεται `is covered (with scales)' (Orph. A. 929; s. Schwyzer 722f.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Uncertain. Perh. as "the shuffling, waving" to ἔθων `pushing, tossing' (s. v.) like πίειρα to πίων; the r-stem in ἔθρις (s. v)? Further to ὄθη φροντίς, ὤρα, φόβος, λόγος H. Cf. for the meaning Lat. iuba, crista, crīnis. - Frisk GHÅ 36 (1930 : 3) 1ff. Very unconvincing. From *u̯edʰ-, Chantr. Gr. Hom. 1, 151?Page in Frisk: 1,446-447
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.