σωρότερος

σωρότερος, ὁ,

A large cup, PLond.1821.360; also fem., σωροτέρην ἀτάνυς σον ἐμοὶ παλάμῃφιν ἑάων Dioscorus in PLit.Lond. 98 ii 14 (dub.).

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `heap, corn-heap' (Hes., Hdt., X., Ar., Arist. a.o.).

Compounds: Few a. late compp., e.g. πολύ-σωρος `with many corn-heaps', surn. of Demeter (AP; cf. σωρῖτις below).

Derivatives: 1. σώρ-ακος m. `box, basket' (Ar. Fr. 248, inscr. a. pap. a.o., after θύλακος?; diff. [to be rejected] Nehring Glotta 14, 182) with - ακίς f. des. of an instrument to slean horses (pap. III<sup>a</sup>, Poll.). 2. - ίτης m. (sc. λόγος, συλλογισμός) `the conclusion of heaping' (des. of a wrong reasoning (Chrysipp., Cic., S.E. a.o.) with - ιτικός (S. E.); - ῖτις f. surn. of Demeter (Orph.; Redard 113 a. 213). 3. - εός = σωρός (EM, sch. a.o.: κολεός a.o.). 4. - ηδόν `by heaps' (Plb., LXX, AP). 5. - εύω, also w. ἐκ-, ἐπι-, συν- a.o., `to heap up, pile up' (E., Arist., hell. a. late) with - ευσις ( ἐπι-, προσ-, ὑπο-) f. `the heaping up, piling up' (Arist. a.o.), - ευμα ( ἐπι-) n. `that which is heaped up, heap' (X., Eub.), - εία ( ἐπι-) f. `the heaping', also as mathem. terminus (Nicom., Plu. a.o.), - ευτής m. `the heaper' (Phld. a.o.) with - ευτικός (sch.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Unclar σωρότερος, as `big cup' explained (Greek-Copt. glossary, s. Aegyptus 6,215). No agreement outside Greek. Within Greek one compares σῶμα (like γνῶ-μα: γνώ-ρ-ιμος, κλῆ-μα: κλῆ-ρος etc.). Starting fom idg. *tu̯ō-ro-s, Solmsen IF 26, 2 13 ff. (where also against connection with σορός) seeks connection with σῶς, σάος, further also with ταΰς, τύλη (s. vv.) etc. (IE * tēu- `swell'; WP. 1, 706ff., Pok. 1080ff.).

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