The Seba library treats Ers in 9 passages, across 2 authors (including Beekes, Robert, Edinger, Edward F.).
epoq [f.] 'dew', plur. 'dewdrops' (ll.). ≈ IE *h,uers- 'rain'… DER epaεlς, t εraε εlς 'dewy' (ll., AP)
This passage identifies the PIE root *h₁uers- ('rain, dew') as the etymological origin of Greek ἕρση, directly establishing 'Ers' as a reconstructed root with concrete semantic progeny in the archaic Greek lexicon.
, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2010thesis
οὐρά [f.] 'tail' (ll.) … ≈ IE *h,ers- 'tail', PG?
This entry reconstructs *h₁ers- as the Proto-Indo-European root for 'tail,' demonstrating the root 'Ers' as a productive stem underlying Greek bodily and zoological vocabulary.
, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2010thesis
The original meaning is "elevation", a verbal noun *h3er-s- related to the root of ≈ ἄρνυμαι 'to rise, etc.'.
Beekes here connects a distinct but phonologically overlapping s-stem (*h₃er-s-) to the semantic field of rising and elevation, showing the broader family of roots within which 'Ers' sits.
, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2010supporting
The frequent formations in -a-, which can hardly all be analogical, point to an original s-stem ἔρως, ἔρασ- (like γέλως, γέλασ-), which was subsequently enlarged by -T- or thematicized. ETYM No etymology. Thus Pre-Greek?
The analysis of Eros as an original s-stem root, possibly Pre-Greek, situates the 'Ers'-family within the etymological neighborhood of desire and love while marking the limits of Indo-European reconstruction.
, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2010supporting
ἐρώς 'impulse, etc.' with ἐρώεω 'flow, stream' (A 303 = Π 441) from IE *h,roh,s-eh2-
This passage identifies a distinct ῥώς/ἐρώς cluster traceable to IE *h₁roH-s-, showing how related s-stem roots generate vocabulary of motion and impulse that informs depth-psychological concepts of psychic energy.
, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2010supporting
Because of the PNs Ἀμφ-, Ἀν-Ἐρι-τος (Bechtel 1917a: 7; also -ιστός), Ἔρις must be an original ι-stem; therefore, connection with ἐρείδω 'prop, support' is excluded.
The etymological separation of Eris (strife) from the 'Ers' root-family clarifies the boundaries of the root's semantic range and rules out certain proposed cognate connections.
, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2010supporting
ἐρι- [pref.] 'very, high' (ll.). ≈ IE *ser- 'high'… Willi KZ 112 (1999): 87-100 follows Heubeck in connecting Hitt. ser 'high, up'
The intensive prefix ἐρι- is tentatively linked to a root meaning 'high,' pointing to a semantic dimension of the broader Ers-family relevant to intensification and vertical ascent.
, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2010supporting
Eros is a kosmogonos, a creator and father-mother of all higher consciousness… the quintessence of divinity itself.
Edinger's citation of Jung on Eros as cosmogonic principle demonstrates how depth psychology elevates the etymological substrate of the Ers/Eros root into a foundational archetypal concept.
, Anatomy of the Psyche: Alchemical Symbolism in Psychotherapy, 1985aside
The word ἐρεύγομαι (the nasal present ἐρυγγάνω like πυνθάνομαι beside πεύθομαι, etc.) belongs to an expressive group of words found in several languages
The analysis of ἐρεύγομαι ('belch, roar') as part of an expressive cross-linguistic group tangentially expands the phonological range of roots proximate to Ers without direct semantic continuity.
, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, 2010aside