ὀχλέω
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Ἀχλύς, ἀπὸ τοῦ τὰς ὄψεις ὀχλεῖν καὶ λυπεῖν. οὕτως Ἡρακλείδης ὁ Ποντικὸς ἐτυμολογεῖ.
Translation (En)
Akhlus "mist": from the fact it troubles (okhleîn) the eyes and hurts them. This is Heraclides Ponticus' etymology.
Parallels
Orion, Etymologicum (excerpta e cod. Darmstadino 2773), p. 612 (ἀχλὺς, ἀπὸ τοῦ τὰς ὄψεις ἡμῶν ὀχλεῖν· καὶ λυπεῖν); Orion, Etymologicum (excerpta e cod. regio Paris. 2630), p. 186 (Ἀχλύς· σκότος, παρὰ τὸ τὰς ὄψεις ἡμῶν λυπεῖν καὶ ὀχλεῖν· ἄχος γὰρ ἡ λύπη. οὕτως Ἡρακλείδης ὁ Ποντικὸς ἐν περὶ Ἐτυμολογιῶν); Etym. Parvum, alpha 7 (παρὰ τὸ τὰς ὄψεις ἡμῶν λυπεῖν καὶ ὀχλεῖν); Etym. Genuinum, alpha 1518 (Ἀχλύς Ε 127· σκοτία, ἀορασία, ἡ ἄγαν ἀλύουσα καὶ ἀποκρύπτουσα· παρὰ τὸ ἀλύω τοῦ α ἐπιτατικοῦ ὄντος. ἢ παρὰ τὸ τὰς ὄψεις ἡμῶν ὀχλεῖν καὶ λυπεῖν); Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 250 (Ἀχλύς· παρὰ τὸ τὰς ὄψεις ἡμῶν ὀχλεῖν καὶ λυπεῖν· ‖ ἄχος γὰρ ἡ λύπη); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, p. 250 (Ἀχλύς· παρὰ τὸ τὰς ὄψεις ἡμῶν ὀχλεῖν καὶ λυπεῖν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 181 (Ἀχλύς: Σκοτία, ἀορασία, ἡ ἄγαν ἀλύουσα καὶ ἀποκρύπτουσα, παρὰ τὸ ἀλύω, τοῦ α ἐπιτατικοῦ ὄντος. Ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄχω ἀχὺς καὶ ἀχλύς· παρὰ τὸ τὰς ὄψεις ἡμῶν ὀχλεῖν καὶ λυπεῖν. Ἔστι χέω· καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ γίνεται χύω, χύσω, ὥσπερ ῥέω, ῥύω· ἀποβολῇ τοῦ ω χύς· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ λ, χλύς· καὶ μετὰ τοῦ ἐπιτατικοῦ α, ἀχλὺς, ἡ πάνυ κεχυμένη· ζόφος γάρ ἐστιν. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἄγαν καὶ τὸ εἰλῶ, ἡ ἄγαν συγκλείουσα καὶ ἀποκρύπτουσα); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, alpha, p. 362 (Ἀχλύς. σκότος, ὁμίχλη, ζόφος, ἡ ἄγαν ἀλύουσα καὶ ἀποκρύπτουσα. παρὰ τὸ ἀλύω, τοῦ α ἐπιτατικοῦ ὄντος. ἢ παρὰ τὸ τὰς ὄψεις ἡμῶν ὀχλεῖν καὶ λυπεῖν)
Comment
Derivational etymology implying one modification, the change of the initial [o] into [a]. The intended etymon may be the noun ὄχλος rather than the verb ὀχλέω. The noun is etymologized after its effect.