ἐρί-ηρες

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `please somebody' ( ἐπὶ) ἦρα φερειν (Il.), posthom. w. gen. = χάριν `to somebody's pleasure' (B., Call.).

Other forms: acc. sg. (pl. n.?).

Derivatives: ἐρί-ηρες pl.`faithful' s. v., also ἐπίηρος, ἐπιήρ-ανος `acceptable, pleasant, grateful', s. vv. Also βριηρόν μεγάλως κεχαρισμένον H. (wrong for ἐρί- ?). PN Πολυ-ήρης a. o. (Bechtel Hist. Personennamen 194f.). - On Lesb. ἠρώνα s.v..

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1165] *uēr- `friendliness'

Etymology: An original Ϝῆρ-α (on the digamma Chantraine Gramm. 1, 152; on the formation Sommer Nominalkomp. 138) gives several formal possibilities for connection. A connection with Lat. se-vērus `earnest' (\< * sē vērō "without friendliness"), Germ., e. g. OWNo. vǣrr `friendly', OHG ala-wāri ` friendly', further to the word for `true', Lat. vērus = OIr. fir = Germ., e. g. OHG wār, OCS věra `faith' a. o. seems possible (Prellwitz KZ 44, 152, Bechtel Lex. 138 a. o.). In Greek some try to connect ἑορτη, ἔρανος, ἔροτις, s. vv. - Not with Fick 1, 130, Prellwitz a. o. and Bq to Skt. vr̥ṇóti `avert' etc. (s. ἔρυμαι). See W.-Hofmann s. sevērus and vērus.

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