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ἐρύω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology 1

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Possibly Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewH- (to tear, dig, burrow, gather) (Latin rudens (ship's sail)), or related to ῥυμός (rhumós, pole), ῥυμουλκέω (rhumoulkéō, to pull a towing rope). Per LIV, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to hold back, ward off), compare Proto-Germanic *warjaną (to ward off; to thwart, to stop).

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ἐρύω (erúō)

  1. (poetic) to draw, drag, pull
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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*ἐρύω (*erúō)

  1. Unattested form of ῥύομαι (rhúomai, protect, save), listed as the lemma form by some older dictionaries