ξέω
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Quotation
φλέω ἐστὶ ῥῆμα, ὅπερ καὶ φλύω εἴρηται, ὡς ῥέω ῥύω, ξέω ξύω.
Translation (En)
Phleō "to flow" is a verb, which also has the form phluō, as rheō "to flow" rhuō and xeō "to scrape" xuō.
Parallels
Epimerismi Homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, kappa 10 (καὶ ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥέω γίνεται ῥύω καὶ χέω χύω καὶ ξέω ξύω, οὕτως καὶ κλέω κλύω); Etym. Gudianum, zeta, p. 232 (s.v. ζυμήτης: παρὰ τὸ ζῶ ζέω καὶ ζύω, ὡς ξέω ξύω, χέω χύω); ibid., kappa, p. 329 (ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥέω ῥύω, χέω χύω, ξέω ξύω, οὕτω καὶ κλέω κλύω); ibid., phi, p. 554 (s.v. φληναρεῖν: ἀπὸ τοῦ φλέω ῥήματος, ὅπερ καὶ φλύω εἴρηται, ὡς ῥέω ῥύω, ξέω ξύω); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 412 (Ζέω, ζύω, ὡς ξέω, ξύω· χέω, χύω); ibid., p. 520 (κλέω καὶ κλύω, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥέω ῥύω, καὶ χέω χύω, καὶ ξέω ξύω); Lexicon αἱμωδεῖν, phi 6 (ἀπὸ τοῦ φλέω ῥήματος, ὅπερ καὶ τὸ φλύω εἴρηται, ὡς ῥέω ῥύω, ξέω ξύω)
Comment
In Orion's formulation we are not dealing with a derivation but with an allomorph of the same verb. In other sources the verb in -ὐω in the same series is explicitly said to be derived from the -έω form (see Parallels)