- ὀρός
- ὀρόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `the watery part of curdled milk, the whey', also metaph. of other liquids (Od., Hp., Pl., Arist.).Compounds: ὀρο-ποτέω `to drink whey' with -ίη f. (Hp.);Derivatives: ὀρώδης `whey-like' (Thphr.); ἐξορ-ίζω `to press out the whey' (EM, H.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [909] *ser- `flow'Etymology: Prop. oxytonized nom. ag. (as τροφός etc., Chantraine Form. 9 f.) with Ion. psilosis beside the nom. act. Lat. serum n. `id.' from a verb `run, flow', retained in Skt. sí-sar-ti, sár-ati, aor. á-sar-at ; so ὀρός prop. "the runner" (cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 316) and phonetically identical with Skt. sará- `flowing, liquid'. WP. 2, 497f., Pok. 909f., W.-Hofmann s. serum m. w. further forms a. lit.Page in Frisk: 2,425
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.