ἐρίηρος

ἐρί-ηρος, ον,

• as epith. of ἑταῖρος, perh. faithful, trusty (μεγάλως τιμώμενοι κτλ., Hsch.), ἐ. ἑταῖρος, in sg., only in Il. 4.266: elsewh. always in heterocl. pl. ἐρίηρες ἑταῖροι, acc. ἐρίηρας ἑταίρους or ἑτάρους ἐρίηρας, Od. 9.100, Il. 3.47, etc.; parodied by Cratin. 143; ἐρίηρος ἀοιδός loyal to his masterʼs house, Od. 1.346, al.

ἐρίηρος, im plur. stets ἐρίηρες, ἐρίηρας (vgl. Lobeck Paralipp. p. 180), fest verbunden, bei Hom. häufiges Beiw. von ἑταῖροι, treu anhangend, Il. 3.47, 378, Od. 9.100, 172 u. sonst ; im sing. Il. 4.266 ; vgl. Cratin. bei Ath. IX.385c ; – ἀοιδός Od. 1.346, 8.62, 471, der angenehme, Allen lieb u. wert, nicht der fügsame, bereitwillige, denn nach Od. 1.145 singt er aus Zwang. – Von ἄρω, vgl. ἄρμενος.

ἐρίηρος

[ἐρι- + (ϝ)ήρ. Cf. ἐπιήρανος.]

Pl. ἐρίηρες.

Epithet of ἑταῖρος, ἑταῖροι (and in Od. 1.346, Od. 8.62, 471 of ἀοιδός), worthy, faithful, trusty or the like Il. 3.47, 378, Il. 4.266, Il. 8.332 = Il. 13.421, Il. 16.363, Il. 23.6: Od. 1.346, Od. 8.62 = 471, Od. 9.100, 172, 193, 555, Od. 10.387, 405, 408, 471, Od. 12.199, 397 (here merely conventional) = Od. 14.249, Od. 14.259 = Od. 17.428, Od. 19.273.

ἐρίηρος (root ἀρ), pl. ἐρίηρες: trusty, faithful; epith. of ἑταῖροι (sing., Il. 4.266), Il. 3.47, Od. 9.100; of ἀοιδός, Od. 1.346, Od. 8.62, 471.

ἐρίηρος ἐρί-ηρος, ον *ἄρω, cf. ἦρα

• fitting exactly: as epith. of ἑταῖρος, faithful, trusty, Il.; pl. in heterocl. form, ἐρίηρες ἑταῖροι, ἐριήρας ἑταίρους Hom.