σάλος
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Quotation
Θάλασσα. παρὰ τὸν σάλον, σάλασσα, καὶ μεταθέσει τοῦ σ εἰς θ, θάλασσα· ἢ παρὰ τὴν αλ γενικὴν, ἄλασσα, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ θ, θάλασσα.
Translation (En)
Thalassa "sea": from its tossing motion (salon), *salassa, and by change of the [s] into [th], thalassa. Or from the genitive of hal<s> "sea", *halassa, and with addition of [th], thalassa
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, theta, p. 253 (Θάλασσα, ἡ θοῶς ἀλλασσομένη καὶ σαλευομένη); ibid., p. 253 (Θάλασσα, παρὰ τὸ σάλον σάλασσα καὶ θάλασσα. παρὰ τὸ ἆσσον εἶναι θανάτου, τοὺς πλέοντας ἐν αὐτῇ); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 441 (Θάλασσα: Παρὰ τὸν σάλον, σάλασσα καὶ θάλασσα, μεταθέσει τοῦ σ εἰς θ, ὡς ὀρχησμὸς, ὀρχηθμός. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἆσσον εἶναι θανάτου γίνεται θάνασσα, καὶ θάλασσα. Ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἁλὸς γενικὴν, ἅλασσα· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ θ, θάλασσα. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ τείνω, ἐκ τοῦ ἐπιτεταμένην ἔχειν τὴν ὁδόν); Schol. Oppianum, Hal. 1.9 (θάλασσα παρὰ τὸ σάλον ἐμποιεῖν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ θᾶσσον εἶναι θανάτου θάνασσα καὶ θάλασσα)
Comment
Derivational descriptive etymology implying one formal change, the addition of a consonant at the beginning of the word. The etymology was probably designed at a time when θ had become an interdental fricative, rather close to [s].