- ἦτορ
- ἦτορGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `heart'; on the meaning Bolelli Ann. d. Scuola Norm. di Pisa 17, 65ff. and M. Biraud, LAMA 10 (1989) 1-32 (Il.)Other forms: only nom.-acc. except ἤτορι (Pi., Simon.)Compounds: As 2. member in μεγαλ-ήτωρ, -ορος `great-hearted' (Il.).Derivatives: ἦτρον n. `abdomen' (IA; on the formation Schwyzer 461) with ἠτριαῖος `belonging to the abdomen' (Ar.); cf. e. g. νεφρ-ιαῖος and Chantraine Formation 49.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [344] *h₁eh₁tr̥ `heart, intestines'Etymology: Old r(-n?)-stem with Aeol. -ορ for zero grade -αρ (J. Schmidt Pluralbild. 177, Sommer Nominalkomp. 135). The word is also found in Germanic and Celtic, e. g. OWNo. ǣðr f. `wein', OHG ād(a)ra, MHG āder `Ader, vein', pl. `intestines', OIr. inathar (\< *en-ōtro-) `intestines' (Fick 1, 366, J. Schmidt Pluralbild. 198); further Pok. 344. - On the meaning `heart' ἦτορ `intestines' cf. e. g. OE hreðer `breast, belly, heart', OHG herdar `intestines';See also: s. also κῆρ, καρδία.Page in Frisk: 1,645
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