προΐημι
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Φρέαρ· παρὰ τὸ φρῶ, ἀφ’ οὗ τὸ εἰσφρῶ. ἀπὸ τοῦ προϊῶ κατὰ συναλιφήν. φρῶ οὖν φρέαρ· ἀναδίδωσι γὰρ καὶ προΐησι <τὴν> τῶν ὑδάτων ῥύμην.
Translation (En)
Phrear "artificial well": from *phrō, from which comes eisphrō "to let s.o. in". From proïō "to send forward" by synalepha. Thus *phrō yields phrear; because it launches and sends forth [proïēsi] the rush of the waters.
Other translation(s)
Phrear « puits »: de *phrō, à partir duquel est fait eisphrō « introduire ». À partir de proïō « envoyer en avant » par synalèphe. *Phrō [donne] donc phrear; car il fait jaillir et lance en avant [proïēsi] la force des eaux.
Parallels
Commentaria in Dionysii Thracis Artem grammaticam, Gr. Gr. vol. 1.3, p. 247 (φρῶ γάρ φησι ῥῆμα δηλωτικὸν τοῦ προϊέναι, παρ’ ὃ καὶ φρήν ἡ προϊεμένη ἤγουν προπέμπουσα τὰ νοήματα, καὶ φρέαρ ἀφ’ οὗ προΐεται τὸ ὕδωρ, καὶ ἀφρός τοῦ α ἐπίτασιν δηλοῦντος); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, phi, p. 1825 (Φρέαρ. ἀπὸ τοῦ φρῶ, τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ προϊῶ καὶ κατὰ συγκοπὴν καὶ τροπὴν τοῦ π εἰς φ πρῶ καὶ φρῶ. ὅθεν φρέαρ, ὡς σθένω, σθέναρ· πρόεισι γὰρ τὴν τῶν ὑδάτων ῥύμην. καὶ φρείατα, τὰ φρέατα)
Comment
Derivational etymology starting from a monosyllabic verb which itself is derived from and existed form, προΐημι "to send forth". The semantic aspect is not convincing in so far as φρέαρ is never used for a font but only for a well, which does not "send" water "forth", properly speaking.