- ἔριφος
- ἔριφοςGrammatical information: m. and f.Meaning: `young he-goat' (Il., Crete); in plur. name of a constellation of stars (Demokr., Theoc.; s. Scherer Gestirnnamen 124f.).Derivatives: Hypocoristic diminutive ἐρίφιον (Athenio Com.) with ἐριφιήματα ἔριφοι. Λάκωνες H. (on the formation Chantraine Formation 178, Schwyzer 523); adj. ἐρίφειος `belonging to ἔριφος' (Com., X.); Έρίφιος surname of Dionysos in Metapontum (Apollod.; cf. on Εἰραφιώτης); ἐριφέας (for *ἐριφίας?) χίμαρος H.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Formation like ἔλαφος a. o. (s. v.). - Resembles a word for `goat, deer', OIr. heirp (\< *erbhī?; futher Pok. 326). Much farther is Arm. oroǰ `agnus, agna' (\< *er-oǰ, erinǰ `young cow' (unclear) and Italic, Lat. aries, -ĕtis, Umbr. erietu `arietem'. Also in ἐρῑνεός `wild fig' an old word for `buck' has been supposed (s. v.). - See W.-Hofmann s. aries. Cf. Specht Ursprung 156 und 221.Page in Frisk: 1,560
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.