Νήριτος

in ν

COMPOUND: Νήριτος, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [Part+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘Neritus’
ETYMOLOGY: ν- negative part. ‘un-‘ + verbal root ἀρι- (cf. ἀριθμός) ‘number’ (cf. Chantraine) + adj. suf. -τος
OCCURRENCE: Od. XVII, 207.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. s.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrῑhi
NOTES: vowel lengthening -α- > -η- in compounding; first member is not a free word in Greek