rrusta

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `rust in plants' (Pl., X., Arist.; ī Orph. L. 600).

Derivatives: ἐρυσιβώδης `eaten by rust' (Arist., Thphr.), ἐρυσίβιος surname of Apollon in Rhodos (Str.). Denomin. verbs ἐρυσιβάω, - όομαι `suffer from rust', also factitive - όω (Thphr.). - There is an epithet of Apollo Ερυθῑ́βιος (Str. 13,1,64, v.l. Ε᾽ρεθίβιος; with ἐρεᾳζω), Ε᾽ρεθῑ́μιος, Ε᾽ρεδῑ́μιος (inscr, Rhodes), Ε᾽ρεθυμιάζω (Lyc. inscr.); further ἐρυσῑ́βη epith. of Demeter (Et. Gud.210, 25); Str. 13,1,64 says: ΡΏόδιοι δε Ε᾽ρυθιβίου Α᾽πόλλωνος ἔχουσι ἐν τῃ χώρᾳ ἱερὸν, την ἐρυσίβην καλοῦντες ἐρυθίβην. S. below.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Popular word with β-suffix (Chantraine Formation 260ff.). The stem ἐρυσι- also in ἐρυσίπελας (s. v.) and in the plant-name ἐρυσί-σκηπτρον (Thphr., Dsc.); it recalls the verbal 1. members of the type τερψίμβροτος (Schwyzer 443); but they have also been considered as old s-enlargements of the word for `red' (s. ἐρυθρός, ἐρεύθω), seen also in Lat. russus, Lith. raũsvas `red', OCS rusъ `reddish blond', Germ., e. g. OHG rost ` Rost', Khotansac. rrusta `red' a. o.; IE * reudh-s- ( roudh-s-, rudh-s-) to the s-stem in ἔρευθος? - Furnée 214, 255f. rightly saw that this is a Pre-Greek word; note the variations dental (θ, δ)\/s and β\/μ (Furnée 248-263 and 203-221). Also the long ι is typical for Pre-Greek word-formation (Beekes, Pre-Greek suffixes: -ῑβ-, -ῑγ-, -ῑδ-, ῑθ-. -ῑκ-, -ῑν-). The word will have been influenced by Gr. ἐρυθ-.

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