ἀωσ-φόρος

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `dawn, day-break' (Il.).

Other forms: Ion. (also hell.) ἠώς, - οῦς, Dor. ἀϜώς, ἀϜώρ, gen. ἀϜῶ, Aeol. αὔως f.

Compounds: As 1. member in ἑωσ-φόρος, Dor. ἀωσ-φόρος `bringer of dawn, morning-star' (Ψ 226, Pi. I. 4 (3), 24); see Wackernagel Unt. 100ff., where Hom. ἑωσ-φόρος is considered as ep. Atticism; s. also Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 72 and (with improbable hypothesis) Schwyzer 440 n. 8.

Derivatives: ἑώϊος, ἑῳ̃ος, ἠοῖος, ἠῳ̃ος (see Wackernagel Unt. 106f.) `of the morning, eastern' (Il.), ἕωλος `belonging to dawn, a night long', of food etc. (Att. etc.; on the pejorative λ-suffix Chantraine Formation 239); adv. ἕωθεν, ep. ἠῶθεν, Dor. ἀῶθεν `from the morning on, early in the morning' (Il.) with ἑωθινός `of the morning' (Hdt., Hp.; cf. Wackernagel Unt. 104 w. n. 1, Schwyzer 490); Hom. ἠῶθι in ἠῶθι πρό `early in the morning'; explanation uncertain, cf. Schwyzer 628 n. 6, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 246.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [86] *h₂eus-ōs `dawn'

Etymology: The barytonesis in ἕως as against ἠώς Wackernagel, Gött. Nachr. 1914, 49ff. (= Kl. Schr. 2, 1151ff.) thinks to explain from frequent ἕωθεν, where it is regular (Schwyzer 383). The aspiration will be due to replacement as in εὕω (Schwyzer 219; after Sommer Lautstud. 11f. however from ἑσπέρα). - PGr. *ἀ̄Ϝώς for *ἀυhώς \< IE *h₂eusṓs and is identical with Lat. aurōr-a (except the added -ā, cf. flōs: Flōr-a). Witɦ zero grade Skt. uṣā́s f. `dawn' \< *h₂usṓs. A corresponding r-stem, IE * h₂eus-r-, h₂us-r-, is seen in αὔριον (s. v.) with ἄγχ-αυρος `near the morning' (A. R. 4, 111), in Lith. aušr-à `dawn', Skt. usr-á- `of the morning', uṣar-búdh- `waking at dawn'. Of the other cognates be mentioned OCS za ustra `at dawn', Germ., e. g. OHG ōst(a)ra, -ūn `Easter'. - An ablauting full grade, *h₂u̯es-r-, in e. g. Skt. vasar-hā́ (RV. 1, 122,3), of the wind, meaning uncertain, vāsar-á- `of the morning', Celt., e. g. MIr. fāir `sunrise', IE *h₂u̯ōsr-i-. There is a sḱ-present, Skt. uccháti = Av. usaiti `lights up (of the morning)', IE *h₂us-sḱ-éti, with the full grade athematic root-aorist a-vas-ran. Uncertain Hitt. uškizzi (= [ usketsi]) `he sees' from auš-zi `he sees', 2. sg. autti (= au-ti). - More forms W.-Hofmann 1, 86 a. 87, Pok. 86f.; also Burger REIE 1, 447ff. - Cf. ἠϊκανός.

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