- οἰρών
- οἰρών (οἱ-), -ῶνοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `furrow of a plough, ἡ χάραξις τοῦ ἀρότρου' (Eratosth., Hdn.), `straight line (in measuring fields), ἡ ἐκ τῆς κατα-μετρήσεως τῆς γῆς εὑθυωρία' H.; prob. also in Cypr. i-to-i-ro-ni i.e. ἰν (= ἐν) τῳ̃ οἰρῶνι `in the mark'.Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [not] *soir- `furrow, limit'Etymology: Prob. deriv. in -ών, which is often used for place-indication, from a noun *οἷρος v.s. By Schulze PhW 1890, 1439 = Kl. Schr. 665 (agreeing Specht and Fraenkel KZ 66, 27 f. resp. 71, 42) compared with Skt. sī́tā f. `furrow', sī́ra- n. `plough', sīmā f. `frontier'; semantically and formally certainly possible. The relations of the Skt. words are however debated (cf. WP. 2, 463).Page in Frisk: 2,367
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.