ἠριγένεια

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • early-born (Homeric epithet)
  • the morning, morn
  • (in later) a day
  • (echoing m) bearing in spring a varia lectio of m

Etymology

Compound from Ancient Greek ἦρι (early in the morning, early), γίγνομαι (be born, come into being, become, I come into being, be, come into existence, be produced, breeding, take place) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (dawn, east, eastern, scoop, draw liquids).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂ews-

Gloss

dawn, east, eastern, scoop, draw liquids

Concept
Semantic Field

Time

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

東

Emoji

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