COMPOUND: ἄψορρος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [Adv+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘going back, backwards’
ETYMOLOGY: ἄψ ‘backwards, back again’ + verbal root ορρ- = ορσ- (ὄρνυμι) ‘urge on, incite; move, stir oneself’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. III, 313; IV, 152; VII, 413; XII, 74; XVI, 366; XVIII, 399; XXI, 382; XXIV, 330; Od. IX, 282, 501; X, 558; XI, 63; XX, 65
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. n. sg., gen. m. sg., acc. n. sg. (adv), nom. m. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: uncertain etimology