ἄ̄ρδω

ἄ̄ρδω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `irrigate, give drink' (Pi.).

Other forms: ἀ̄- foll. Hdn. Gr. 2, 109.

Compounds: νεο-αρδής `recently watered' (Φ 346).

Derivatives: ἀρδμός `drinking place' (Il.), ἀρδάλια τοὺς πυθμένας τῶν κεραμίδων, οὕς ἔνιοι γοργύρας καλοῦσιν H.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown] PGX [probably a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: No etymology. Kretschmer Glotta 3, 294f. explains the length from *ἀ-Ϝάρδω with prothetic vowel. Connection with ἐρράδαται (\< *ϜεϜράδαται), to Latv. werdīt `sprudeln', Lith. versmė̃ `spring', is prob. wrong, because the δ in ἐρράδαται (to ῥαίνω) is secondary (Schwyzer 672), and because of the meaning of the Baltic words. Fur. compares παρδακός (241) `humid' (very doubtful) and ἄρσεα λειμῶνες Η. (254; -σος being a pre-Greek suffix; attractive); he also assumes a (substr.) prothetic vowel comparing νεοαρδής (so did Kretschmer, but that was pre-laryngealistic). Neumann, Unters. 91, noted that several words for irrigation are pre-Greek (γοργύρα, ἄνδηρα).

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