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1 πρᾶος
πρᾶος, - ονGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `soft, gentle, mild' (Pi.).Other forms: πραΰς, πρηΰς (ep. Ion., lyr., hell.) -- Compar. forms πραό-(πραΰ-, πρηΰ)τερος, - τατος (πράϋστος Phrygia); adv. πρά-ως, rarely - έως; also - όνως (Ar., Lys.; after εὑδαιμόν-ως a.o.).Compounds: Also as 1. member (mostly late), e.g. πραΰ-μητις `mild-tempered' (Pi.); to πρευμενής s. v.Derivatives: πρα-ότης (Att.), - ύτης (LXX) f. `mild temper'; πραΰνω, Ion. πρηΰνω, also w. κατα- (rarely ἀπο-, δια- a.o.) `to make mild, to soothe' (Hes., h. Merc. 417) with πρά-(πρή-)υνσις f., - υσμός m. `the soothing', - υντικός `soothing' (Arist., medic.), - υντής m. (EM).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unexplained. Of old (Curtius 283 with Bopp and Pott; s. Bq) connected with a verb `like, love' in Goth. frijōn, which is neither formally nor as regards the meaning unobjectionable. The o-stem πρᾶος developed perh. from the older υ-stem πραΰς, prob. through the adv. πράως, which may orig. have been contracted from πραέως and which can belong to πραΰς; this may have lead to the adj. πρᾶος, - ον; s. Egli Heteroklisie 100 ff. w. extensive treatment. The not rare ι subscriptum in πρᾳ̃ος is secondary (from ῥᾳων?; s. Debrunner IF 40 Anz. 13f.; alternative explanation in Egli 105 f.). After Osthoff MU 6, 89ff. however to Skt. á-prāyu- `uncessant, careful', which however belongs to Skt. pra-yu- `hold far, be absentminded, careless'; s. Mayrhofer s.v.Page in Frisk: 2,588Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > πρᾶος
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