ὀτρηρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ὀτρύνω (otrúnō, to incite, stir up) + -ρός (-rós, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ὀτρηρός • (otrērós) m (feminine ὀτρηρᾱ́, neuter ὀτρηρόν); first/second declension

  1. quick, nimble, ready
    Synonyms: εὐκῐ́νητος (eukínētos), λαιψηρός (laipsērós)

Inflection

Further reading

  • ὀτρηρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ὀτρηρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ὀτρηρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ὀτρηρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ὀτρηρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὀτραλέως”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1123
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