ὀλοός + φρονέω
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ὀλοόφρονος ὀλέθρια φρονοῦντος. δύναται δὲ καὶ ὀλοόφρων λέγεσθαι ὁ ὑγιεῖς τὰς φρένας ἔχων.
Translation (En)
oloophronos "baleful": who has"evil thoughts" (olethria phronountos). But oloophron may also be used for the one who has sane thoughts.
Parallels
Herodian, Peri Odysseiakes prosodias, Lentz III/2, p. 130, 52 (ὀλοόφρονος: Κλεάνθης δασύνει τοῦ περὶ τῶν ὅλων φρονοῦντος ἴδιον οὕτως νοήσας. ἄμεινον δὲ ψιλοῦντας ἀκούειν τοῦ τὰ ὀλέθρια καὶ δεινὰ φρονήσαντος· εἷς γὰρ τῶν Τιτάνων ὁ Ἄτλας ἱστορεῖται); Hesychius, Lexicon, omicron 623 (ὀλοόφρονος· ὀλέθρια φρονοῦντος, κακόφρονος, δεινοῦ); Suda, omicron 196 (Ὀλοόφρονος: τοῦ ὀλέθρια φρονοῦντος); Porphyrius, Quaestionum ad Odysseam pertinentium reliquiae, 11.322 (ὀλοόφρονος οὖν τοῦ ὀλοὰ τοῖς ἀδίκοις φρονοῦντος. ἢ τοῦ τέλεια φρονοῦντος); D Schol. Il. 15.630 (Ὀλοόφρων. Ὀλέθρια καὶ δεινὰ φρονῶν); Geneva Schol. Il. 15, 631 (id.); Scholia Od. α 52b1 Pontani (ὀλοόφρονος: Κλεάνθης δασύνει· τοῦ περὶ τῶν ὅλων φρονοῦντος ἴδιον οὕτως εἰρῆσθαι. ἄμεινον δὲ ψιλοῦντας ἀκούειν, ἵν’ ᾖ τοῦ ὀλέθρια καὶ δεινὰ φρονήσαντος); Scholia in Od. (scholia vetera), 10.137 (ὀλοόφρονος] τοῦ συνετοῦ καὶ ὁλόκληρα φρονοῦντος. ἢ ὀλέθρια φρονοῦντος. καὶ γὰρ μάγος ἦν); Scholia in Od. (scholia vetera), 11.322 (ὀλοόφρονος οὖν, τοῦ ὀλοὰ τοῖς ἀδίκοις φρονοῦντος. ἢ τοῦ τέλεια φρονοῦντος).
Bibliography
V.J. Matthews, "Atlas, Aietes and Minos ΟΛΟΟΦΡΩΝ: An Epic Epithet in the Odyssey", CP, 1978, 73.3, 228-232; F. Schironi, The Best of the Grammarians:Aristarchus of Samothrace on the Iliad, 2018, 341.
Comment
Elliptic etymology: the etymon of the first element is ὀλοός, but in Apollonius' explanation it is replaced by its synonym ὀλέθριος, derived from the same root. The second element seems to be identified as the verb φρονέω, which is not correct by modern standards (-φρων is the regular form of φρήν in compounds), but this may be simply a matter of formulation, see the second part of Apollonius' explanation τὰς φρένας ἔχων.