- ἔρεβος
- ἔρεβοςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `the dark of the underworld' (Il.).Derivatives: ἐρεβεννός, Aeol. \< *ἐρεβεσ-νός prop. `belonging to the ἔρεβος', `dark' (Il., Hes.), more common ἐρεμνός \< *ἐρεβ-νός (cf. Risch 92; s. also on δεινός) `id.' (Il.); ἐρεβώδης `ids.' (late).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [857] *h₁regʷos `darkness (of the underworld)'Etymology: Old word for `darkness etc.', also in Sankrit, Armenian and Germanic : Skt. rájas- n. `dark (lower) air, dust' (diff. Burrow BSOAS 12, 645ff.; Gonda KZ 73, 163f.), Arm. erek, -oy `evening', Goth. riqiz, OWNo. røkkr n. `dark, dusk'; IE *h₁régu̯os- n. - Pok. 857.Page in Frisk: 1,550
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.