εἴργω
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εἴργω: δίφθογγος. ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ ἐέργω γίνεται κατὰ κρᾶσιν τῶν δύο εε εἰς τὴν ει δίφθογγον. καὶ ἄλλως, ὅτι ἀνεφάνη τὸ ε ἐν τῷ ἔργαθεν· ἢ διὰ τὸ ἀντιπαρακεῖσθαι τὸ ο οἷον ὀργή. ἡ δὲ ὀργή εἴργει τινὰ τοῦ καλῶς βουλ<εύ>εσθαι
Translation (En)
Eirgō "to prevent", because it comes from eergō through contraction of the two /ee/ into the diphthong /ei/. And also because the /e/ is visible in ergathen "prevented" (Il. 11.437); or from the fact that it corresponds to /o/, as in orgē "anger". Anger prevents you from thinking well.
Parallels
Choeroboscus, Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 81 (Ὀργή, ὄνομα ῥηματικόν· καὶ πόθεν γίνεται; Παρὰ τὸ ῥέζω τὸ πράττω· ὁ μέσος παρακείμενος ἔρρογα, καὶ ἐν ὑπερβιβασμῷ ἔοργα, τοῦ ἑνὸς Ρ ἀποβληθέντος, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ὀργή· ἢ παρὰ τὸ εἴργω τὸ κωλύω, ἡ κωλύουσα ἡμᾶς τὰ δέοντα βουλεύεσθαι, εἰργὴ, καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ Ι καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ Ε εἰς Ο ὀργή· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ὀρέγω, τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ, ὀρεγὴ, καὶ ἐν συγκοπῇ ὀργή); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 426 (<Εἴργω>· ... ἢ ἐπειδὴ ἀντιπαράκειται τῇ ὀργῇ· ἡ γὰρ ὀργὴ εἴργει τινὰ τοῦ καλῶς βουλεύεσθαι); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 629 (Ὀργή: Ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥέζω, τὸ πράττω, ὅθεν τὸ ἔοργα γίνεται· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ὀρέγω, τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ, ὀρεγή· καὶ συγκοπῇ, ὀργή. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ εἴργω, εἰργή· καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ ι, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ε εἰς ο, ὀργὴ, ἡ κωλύουσα ἡμᾶς τὰ δέοντα βουλεύεσθαι. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ὄρω, τὸ διεγείρω, ὀρὴ καὶ ὀργή)
Comment
Derivational etymology relying on the analogy of the λέγω ~ λόγος type and the familiar alternation between e grade and o grade. Anger is defined as what prevents man from doing things correctly. Choeroboscus' text has βούλεσθαι, Lentz restores βουλεύεσθαι. The etymology relies on the secondary meaning of εἴργω "to prevent s.o. from doing sth.", rather than the proper meaning "to shut in"