- ἠλέκτωρ
- ἠλέκτωρGrammatical information: m.Meaning: Name of the sun and adjunct of `Υπερίων (Ζ 513, Τ 398, h. Ap. 369; and Emp. 22, 2);Other forms: Acc. -τορα (Euph. 110), Dat. -τωρι (Epic. in Arch. Pap. 7, 4), gen. -τωρος (Choerob.); s. Schwyzer 531 w. n. 6.Derivatives: ἠλεκτρίς f. adjunct of the moon (Orph. `Η 9, 6); ἤλεκτρον n., -ος m. f. (on the genus cf., except LSJ, Schwyzer-Debrunner 34 n. 4) `gold mixed with silver, amber' (Od.) with Ήλεκτρίδες νῆσοι `the amber islands' (Str., Plin.), ἠλεκτρώδης `like amber' (Hp., Philostr.), ἠλέκτρινος (Dor. ἀλ-) `of amber' (Call., Luc., Hld.), ἠλεκτρόομαι `become ἤ.' (Zos.Alch.); ἠλέκτραι τὰ ἐν τοῖς κλινόποσι τῶν σφιγγῶν ὄμματα (Phot.). - Several PN: Ήλέκτρα, Άλεκτρώνα (Rhodos), Ήλεκτρύων (after Άμφιτρύων; cf. Bechtel Dial. 2, 656).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Unexplained; v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 255 assumes Carian origin but without sufficient grounds. Improbable IE etymologies in Bq. I see no basis for DELG's statement that the word is IE; Pre-Greek?Page in Frisk: 1,629
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