ἀφρίους
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Tentatively compared to Sanskrit अभ्रि (ábhri, “hoe, pickaxe”).[1] Unrelated to ἀφρός (aphrós, “foam”).
Noun[edit]
ἀφρίους • (aphríous) m (accusative plural)
- (hapax) Synonym of ἀθέρας (athéras)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α:
- ἀφρίους· ἀθέρας
- aphríous; athéras
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References[edit]
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀφρίους”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 178–179