- εὐθυωρία
- εὐθυωρίαGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `straightness, straight direction' (Pl., Arist., Aetol., Cret. a. o.), almost only in adv. expressions like (ἀν', κατ') εὐθυωρίαν, εὐθυωρίᾳ `in straight line, directly'; also εὐθύωρον adv. `id.' (X.). Ion. ἰθυωρίη (Hp.).Other forms: Heracl. -ωρεία, Arc. -ορϜία, Epid. -ορίαOrigin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Expression of surveyors (Geurts Mnemos. 3 : 11, 108ff.), from εὐθύς (ἰθύς) and ὅρος, ὅρϜος `boundary' as bahuvrihi `with straight boundaries, along straight lines', or as deriv. (compound) in -ία. The long vowel may be due to compositional lengthening, or due to Dorian influence (development of -ορϜ-). - Wrong Bechtel Dial. 1, 345: to Av. aurva- `quick' etc.; εὐθύωρος prop. `running straight'. - Cf. on ὅρος.Page in Frisk: 1,587
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.