ἐριαύχην

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COMPOUND: ἐριαύχην, -ενος   
CATEGORIZATION: N [Part+N]
MEANING: ‘with arched neck’
ETYMOLOGY: ἐρι- ‘very, much’ + αὐχήν, –ένος ‘neck, throat’
OCCURRENCE: Il. X, 305; XI, 159; XVII, 496; XVIII, 280; XXIII, 171
CASE: nom. m. pl., acc. m. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric 
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrῑhi
NOTES: accent shift; ἐρι- like ἀρι-, used as a prefix to strengthen the sense of a word