καθέρματα

κάθερμα

neut nom /voc /acc pl

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `knit together',

Other forms: mostly present, aor. εἶραι, ἔρσαι (Ion.-Att.; cf. Schwyzer 753), perf. med. Ptz. ἐερμένος, εἰρμένος (Ion. etc.), plusquamperf. ἔερτο (Hom.), perf. act. δι-εῖρκα (X.) `fit together', mostly with prefix, esp. συν-είρω

Compounds: also ἐν-, ἀν-, δι-, ἐξ- u. a. (Ion.-Att.).

Derivatives: ἕρματα pl. `earhangers' (Od.), `sling' (Ael.), also καθέρματα (Anacr.); ἔνερσις ( ἐνείρω) `fit together' (Th. 1, 6), δίερσις `sting through' (hell.); from present εἱρμός `connecting' (Arist.; on spir. asper s. below), συνειρμός (Demetr. Eloc. 180); - with ο-Ablaut ὅρμος `chain, collar' (s. v.), from where ὁρμιά, ὁρμαθός.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [911] * ser- `fit together'

Etymology: Beside the Jot present εἴρω (as simplex only Pi. and Arist.), with full grade, Latin has serō; this etymology supposes, that εἴρω lost the spir. asper, which is understandable as the simplex is rare compared with συν-είρω etc.; an aspirated εἵρω is mentioned by EM 304, 30 (s. Solmsen Unt. 292 n. 2). Also the verbal nouns may have the old aspir., if it did not arise sec. before ρμ (cf. Schwyzer 306). - Traces of the verb and nouns in: Italic, Osc. aserum `asserere', in Celtic OIr. sern(a)id `serit', nasal present, coincided with sern(a)id `sternit' (Thurneysen Grammar 133); further the nouns Skt. sarat f. `thread' (Lex.), OLith. sėris `thread'; further OWNo. sørvi n. `collar' (PGm. *saru̯ii̯a-), from where the old Germ. word for `weapon, equipment', e. g. Goth. sarwa n. pl. (PGm. *saru̯a-, IE *sor-u̯o-; with * sor-mo- parallel to ὅρμος); also Toch. A sark, B serke m. `wreath' (Schneider KZ 66, 259, Duchesne-Guillemin BSL 41, 161; IE * sor-ko-, * sor-g(h)o-). - The parallel ἔνερσις = inserti-ō is due to parallel innovation. - Diff. on εἴρω Sommer Lautstud. 134. - W.-Hofmann s. serō.

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