- ἐρῆμος
- ἐρῆμοςMeaning: `lonely, uninhabited, deserted', of places and things, people and animals (Il.);Dialectal forms: Myc. eremo \/erēmos\/ describing land. Younger Att. ἔρημοςCompounds: also in compp., e. g. ἐρημο-νόμος `living in loneliness' (A. R.), late. As 2. member in παν-, φιλ-, ὑπ-έρημος a. o.Derivatives: Poetical derivv. ἐρημ-αῖος (Emp., A. R.; cf. Chantraine Formation 49), -εῖος (Mykonos); f. ἐρημάς (Man.; Chantraine 354f.). Abstract ἐρημία `loneliness, solitude, lack' (Ion.-Att.) with ἐρημίτης, ἐρημικός `id.' (LXX). Denomin. verbs ἐρημόομαι, -όω `become or make desolate, destroyed, looted' (Pi., Ion.-Att.) with ἐρήμωσις (LXX), ἐρημωτής (AP); also with prefix ἀπ-, ἐξ-, κατ-, with ἀπέρημος (Sch.; cf. Strömberg Prefix Studies 45). ἐρημάζω `live in solitude' (Thphr.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [ 332] *h₁r(e)h₁- `loose, thin, rare, separate'Etymology: Uncertain. One compares Lat. rēte `net', rārus `loose, thin, rare', Skt. r̥-té `with exception of, without'; s. W.-Hofmann and Mayrhofer Wb. s. vv.; also Pok. 332f. - The Greek form requires *h₁re̥h₁mos (zero grade would have given two short vowels, cf. ὄνομα); this would agree with Lith. (yrù) ɨ̀rti `dissolve onself, separate'. Lat. rārus \< *h₁r̥h₁ro-; rēte can be *h₁reh₁-t-; Beekes, Devel. 36.Page in Frisk: 1,557
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.