ἔρῑθος

ἔρῑθος

Grammatical information: m. f.

Meaning: `day-labourer', of rapers, sheaf-binders(?) (Σ 550, 560), `spinner' (S., D. with folk-etymological connection with ἔριον), `servant etc.' in gen. (h. Merc. 296 etc.);

Compounds: Comp. συν-έριθος m. f. `helper, labourer' (Od.), φιλ-έριθος `who loves spinning' (Theoc., AP). - With familiar κ-suffix ἐριθακίς f. (Theoc.).

Derivatives: Denomin. verb ἐριθεύομαι, rare -εύω, also with ἐξ-, `be day-labourer, work for wages, try to get favours or positions' (LXX, Arist.) with ἐριθεία `trying to get a position' (Arist.), ἐριθευτός `for whose favour one has canvassed' (Creta, Delphi).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Unclear Έριθάσεος surname of Apollon (Attica IV^a) - No etymology (like a word as. δοῦλος; so Pre-Greek?, cf. the suffix -ιθ- Beekes, Pre-Greek, suffixes). Improb. Brugmann IF 19, 384 (s. Bq); cf. also Schwyzer 511 n. 2.

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