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Quotation
ἀχλύς· ἔστι χέω καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ γίνεται χύω χύσω, ὥσπερ ῥέω ῥύω· ἐκ τοῦ χύσω ἀποβολῇ τοῦ ω χύς, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ λ χλύς, καὶ μετὰ τοῦ ἐπιτατικοῦ α ἀχλύς, ἡ πάνυ κεχυμένη· ζόφος γάρ ἐστιν
Translation (En)
akhlus "mist": there is kheō "to pour" and from it comes *khuō, khusō, as rheō "to flow", rhuō; from this khusō, through dropping of the [ō], *khus, and through the addition of [l], *khlus, and with the intensive alpha akhlus, the one entirely poured out; because it is darkness
Parallels
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
Etymology drawn from the Homeric lines κατὰ δ’ ὀφθαλμῶν κέχυτ’ ἀχλύς (Il. 5.696, 16.344), κατ’ ὀφθαλμῶν χέεν ἀχλὺν (Il. 20.321). Co-occurrence is understood as an etymological figura, and the syllable [khlu] of ἀχλύς was then identified with the syllable [khu] of κέχυτο.