ἄγαν + εἰλύω
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Ἀχλύς: ἡ ἄγαν εἰλύουσα καὶ ἀποκρύπτουσα
Translation (En)
Akhlus "mist": the very (agan) wrapping (eiluousa) and hiding one
Parallels
Orion, Etymologicum (excerpta e cod. regio 2610), p. 176 (Ἀχλύς· ἡ ἄγαν δηλοῦσα καὶ ἀποκρύπτουσα [mistake for ἄγαν εἰλύουσα]); Etym. Parvum, epsilon 45 (Ἐνοχλῶ· ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλος· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἀχλύς· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἄγαν καὶ τὸ εἰλῶ, τουτέστιν ἡ ἄγαν ἀποκλέπτουσα καὶ συγκλείουσα); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 479 (Ἐνοχλῶ· ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλος· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἀχλύς· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἄγαν καὶ τὸ εἰλύω, τουτέστιν ἡ ἄγαν ἀποκρύπτουσα καὶ συγκλείουσα); 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)
Comment
Compositional etymology implying several manipulations (loss of the initial syllable of εἰλύω, change of the [g] of ἄγαν into [kh]. It refers to the feature of the mist "wrapped around" men. The etymon is given either as εἰλύω or as εἰλέω (same meaning).