- ἐπισχερώ
- ἐπισχερώGrammatical information: adv.Meaning: `in a row, one after the other, uninterrupted, gradually' (Il., Simon.).Derivatives: Beside ἐνσχερώ (A. R. 1, 912) and, in two words, ἐν σχερῳ̃ (Pi.) `id.'; so a compound of ἐπί and an instr. σχερώ (Schwyzer 550 und 625).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [888] *seǵh- `hold'Etymology: To the noun *σχ-ερός (formation Schwyzer 482, Chantraine Formation 224; *σχερόν n. `continuum', Schwyzer-Debrunner 469 w. n. 1) from σχ-έσθαι, ἔχεσθαι `join, follow'; cf. with the same stem ἑξῆς. With an σ-stem ὁλο-σχερής `complete' (hell.; Schwyzer 513); a derivation is Σχερ-ίη, about "uninterrupted coast, continent", name of the land of the Phaeacians (Od.). - Bechtel Lex. s. v., Kretschmer Einleitung 281.Page in Frisk: 1,543
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.