δηρίττειν ἐρίζειν

δηρίττειν· ἐρίζειν, Hsch.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `battle' (Il.; cf. Trümpy Fachausdrücke 141ff.).

Derivatives: Denomin. δηρῐ́ομαι (Pi.), aor. δηρί̄σαντο (θ 76), act. δηρῖσαι (Thgn.), pass. δηρινθήτην (Π 756) as if from *δηρίνω; perhaps for δηρῑθήτην (Schwyzer 761 n. 5; s. Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 404), δηρινθῆναι (A. R.), pres. metrically reshaped in δηριόωντο, δηριάασθαι etc. (Hom.; Schwyzer 727, Chantraine 1, 359); ptc. act. δηριώντων (Pi. N. 11, 26; for - όντων acc. to Schulze Q. 384 A. 3), δηριόωντες (A. R. 1, 752; s. Schwyzer-Debrunner 234, partly metrically determined). - δηρίττειν ἐρίζειν H. - Privative adj. ἀ-δήρῑ-τος `without battle' (Ρ 42; ἄ-δηρις AP); as verbal adj. to δηρίομαι `undomitable (A. Pr. 105), `undisputed' (Plb.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] * der- `split'

Etymology: Formally δῆρις agrees with Skt. - dāri- `splitting' (as second member in the Epos); verbal abstract in -i- (Osthoff ZdgP 118 and 607, Brugmann Grundr.<sup>2</sup> 2: 1, 518). So originally `splitting, discord'. Further s. δέρω.

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