COMPOUND: ἐρίηρος, -ον, pl. ἐρίηρες
CATEGORIZATION: A [Part+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘faithful’
ETYMOLOGY: ἐρι- ‘very, much’ (particle) + noun root ηρ– (ἦρα, -ας) ‘service, gratification‘ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. III, 47, 378; IV, 266; VIII, 332; XIII, 421; XVI, 363; XXIII, 6; Od. I, 346; VIII, 62, 471; IX, 100, 193, 172, 193, 555; X, 387, 405, 408, 471; XII, 199, 397; XIV, 249, 259; XVII, 428; XIX, 273
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. pl., acc. m. pl., voc. m. pl., acc. m. sg., nom. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrῑhi
NOTES: epith. of comrade, companion