ἔρυμαι

ἔρυμαι

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `keep off, protect, save' (Il.).

Other forms: (ἔρυσθαι, ἔρῡ-το, -σο), ἐρύομαι (ἐρύεσθαι, ἐρύετο), also ῥύομαι, inf. ῥῦσθαι, aor. ἐρύσ(σ)ασθαι, ῥύσασθαι, fut. ἐρύσσομαι, ῥύσομαι; also with anlaut. εἰ-: εἴρῡτο, εἰρῠ́-αται, -ατο, -ντο, perhaps reduplicated perfects with present-meaning (inf. εἴρυσθαι); from there resp. through metrical lengthening εἰρύσσασθαι, εἰρύσσονται, εἰρύομαι; cf. also below; aor. pass. ἐρρύσθην (Ev. Luc. 1, 74, 2. Ep. Ti. 4, 17, Hld. 10, 7)

Dialectal forms: Myc. uruto \/wru(n)t-\/?

Compounds: Details in Schwyzer 681 w. n. 1, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 294f., Bechtel Lex. s. v. As 1. member: ἐρυ- in Έρύ-λαος, Έρύ-μας, -μηλος (also Εὑρυ-, either after εὑρύς or from Ϝερυ- (?); s. below and cf. Specht KZ 59, 36f.); ἐρῠσι- in ἐρυσίπτολις `protecting the town' (Ζ 305 a. e.), 'Ερυσί-χθων (s. v.); Aeol. Εὑρυσί-λαος (cf. above). ῥῡσί- e. g. in ῥῡσί-πολις (A. Th. 129 [lyr.] a. o.).

Derivatives: ἔρῠμα n. `defence' (Il.), diminut. ἐρυμάτιον (Luc.); from there ἐρυμν-ός `for defence, protected' (Ion.-Att.) with ἐρυμνότης `defence-force' (X., Arist.), ἐρυμνόω `defend' (Agath.). ἐρυσμός `defence, protection' (h. Cer. 230). ἐρῠ́σιμον (εἰ- metr. length.) name of a kind of mustard (Thphr., Dsc.), because of its protection (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 81); from *ἔρῠ-σις or directly from verb, cf. Arbenz Die Adj. auf -ιμος 20. ῥυ̃̄τήρ m. `protector, watcher' (ρ 187, 223), ῥύ̄τωρ `id.' (A. Th. 318 [lyr.], AP); attempt at a semantic differentiation by Benveniste Noms d'agent 33 and 36. ῥύ̄σιος `saving' (A. Supp. 150 [lyr.], AP), after the adj. in -σιος (Chantraine Formation 41) or from ῥῦσις `saving' (Epigr. Gr. 200 [Kos], LXX). ῥῦμα `defence' (Hp., trag.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1161] *u̯eru-, *u̯ruH-? `avert, ward off, protect, defend'

Etymology: For the assumption of an orig. *Ϝέρυ-μαι speak notably the Skt. nouns varū-tár- m. `protector', várū-tha- n. `defence, protection' (with vr̥ṇóti `avert', Germ., e. g. Goth. warjan `wehren' etc.). Doubts arise from the absence of a trace of a digamma in Homer; attempts for a solution in Solmsen Unt. 245ff. So we have two ablaut-degrees, Ϝερυ- and Ϝρῡ-, the last certain in εἴρῡται \< *Ϝέ-Ϝρῡ-ται etc. (cf. above), but further with unclear distribution. Esp. the general Ionic present εἰρύομαι, perhaps also for Εὑρυσί-λαος, one is prepared to assume vowel-prothesis, ἐ-Ϝερυ-, ἐ-Ϝρυ-, which is forbidden by modern insights: an unsolved problem. S. Solmsen l. c. - Against connection with Lat. servāre Solmsen l. c.

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