ἄναυρος

See also: Ἄναυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin. Others have interpreted the word as “waterless”, with ἀν- (an-, alpha privativum) + an unknown word for water (connected with the name of various rivers, like Metaurus, Pisaurus and Avara). Niemeyer connects the word to Proto-Germanic *auraz (wet sand or earth, mud; water, sea)[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄναυρος • (ánauros) m (genitive ἀναύρου); second declension

  1. mountain torrent

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. Manfred Niemeyer (ed.), Deutsches Ortsnamenbuch, Berlin (De Gruyter) 2012, p. 479

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