- ἠπεροπεύς
- ἠπεροπεύςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `cheat, deceiver' (λ 364, A. R. 3, 617, AP 9, 524, 8), -ηΐς f. [Hom.] ap. Str. 1, 2, 4.Derivatives: With ἠπεροπεύω, only present-stem `cheat, deceive' (Hom., Hes.) with ἠπεροπευτής (only voc. -τά Γ 39 = Ν 768, h. Merc. 282 u. a.; on the formation Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 20f., 2, 34) and ἠπερόπευμα (Critias).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Because of the rarity of the attestations one is prepared to accept, with Boßhardt Die Nomina auf -ευς 26 that ἠπεροπεύς is a retrograde deriv. of ἠπεροπεύω. Basic *ἠπερ-οψ, *ἠπερ-οπός, -ή has got many explanations: Skt. ápara- `more behind, other' (Curtius 263, Prellwitz BB 22, 112); Lat. săpiō (Solmsen KZ 42, 233 n. 1); Gr. ἤπιος (L. Meyer 1, 609); ἀπάτη (Kuiper Glotta 21, 283f.; vgl. s. v.). Kuiper's connection with ἀπατ-άω is most attractive. There is no good IE etymology, so a loan, i.e. a Pre-Greek word, is quite possible (thus DELG).Page in Frisk: 1,640
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