- Άφροδίτη
- ΆφροδίτηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: goddess of love (Il.)Dialectal forms: Cypr. ᾽Αφοροδίτα, Cret. ᾽ΑφορδίταDerivatives: Άφροδιτάριον an eyesalve (Gal.), Άφροδιταρίδιον `darling' (Pl. Com.). Adj. Άφροδίσιος `belonging to A.' (Ion.-Att.), subst. Άφροδίσιον `temple of A.'; with ἀφροδισιακός; but Άφροδισιασταί `the adorants of A.' (Rhodos) cf. Άπολλωνιασται.Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.?Etymology: The connection with ἀφρός (Kretschmer KZ 33, 267) or other explanations (E. Maaß N. Jb. f. d. klass. Altertum 27, 457ff.) are now abandoned. - As the goddess seems to be of oriental origin (Burkert, Religion 152ff.), her name will also come from there. A possibility is the Semitic name of the goddess Aštoret, Astarte (Hommel N. Jb. f. klass. Philol. 125 [1882], 176); cf. Burkert l.c. 248 n. 18. It may have reached the Greeks through another language. - Less probable Hammarström Glotta 11, 21 5f.: Άφροδίτη the `Herrin, Vorsteherin, Fürstin', to Pre-Greek πρύτανις, etr. (e)prʮni.Page in Frisk: 1,196-197
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.