- ἐρῳδιός
- ἐρῳδιόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `heron' (Κ 274)Other forms: thus Hdn. Gr. 2, 924 and most mss.; also (mss. and pap.) ἐρωδιός; also ῥωδιώς (Hippon. 63) and ἀρωδιός (LXX as v. l.). Worthless ++ἐρωγάς ἐρωδιός H.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Ending as in αἰγωλιὸς, αἰγυπιός, χαραδριός and other bird names. The resemblance with Lat. ardea `heron' cannot be a coincidence; further cf. Serb. róda `stork'; very doubtful however ONord. arta `Kriekente'. Is the writing with ι adscriptum secondary (after the nouns in -ίδιος with influence of ἔρως, ἐρωή? Solmsen Unt. 75f.); on the loss of the anlauting vowel in ῥωδιός Strömberg Wortstudien 44. - Cf. Pok. 68.Page in Frisk: 1,572-573
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.