βαῦνος
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Βάναυσος. Τρύφων ὁ τοῦ Ἄμμωνος ἀπὸ τοῦ βαῦνος βάναυσος λέγει κατὰ πάθος, ὤφειλε γὰρ ὡς παρὰ τὸ ἵππος Ἵππασος, κριός Κρίασος, οὕτω βαῦνος βαύνασος. γέγονε δὲ ἐν ὑπερθέσει
Translation (En)
Banausos "craftsman": Tryphon son of Ammon says that from baunos "furnace" comes banausos with a pathos. Because it ought to be, as from hippos Hippasos, krios Kriasos, baunos *baunasos. But it arose through metathesis
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Philoxenus, fr. 60 (καὶ ὡς παρὰ τὸ ἵππος Ἵππασος καὶ παρὰ τὸ χόρτος χόρτασος, οὕτως καὶ παρὰ τὸ βαυνὸς βαύνασος καὶ καθ’ ὑπερβιβασμὸν βάναυσος) ; Aspasius, In Ethica Nicomachea commentaria, p. 104 Heylbut (βαύνους γὰρ ἐκάλουν τὰς καμίνους, ἐντεῦθεν δὲ καὶ πάντας τοὺς χειροτέχνας βαναύσους ὠνόμασαν); Aelius Dionysius, Ἀττικὰ ὀνόματα, beta 11 (βαῦνος· ἡ κάμινος, ἐξ οὗ καὶ βάναυσοι); Συναγωγὴ λέξεων χρησίμων, beta 19 (βάναυσος· πᾶς τεχνίτης διὰ πυρὸς ἐργαζόμενος. βαῦνος γὰρ ἡ κάμινος); Photius, Lexicon, beta 56 (idem); Etym. Genuinum, beta 33 (idem); Lexica segueriana, Collectio verborum utilium, beta, p. 178 (idem); Suda, beta 92 (idem); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 187 (idem); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 396 (idem); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, beta, p. 369 (καὶ βαῦνος λέγεται εἰσέτι καὶ νῦν, ἀφ’ ἧς ὁ βάναυσος.) Suda, beta 194 (Βαῦνος: κάμινος. ἐξ οὗ καὶ βάναυσοι. οἱ διὰ πυρὸς ἐργαζόμενοι, οἱ τεχνῖται); Etym. Gudianum, beta, p. 260 (Βάναυσος· παρὰ τὸ τὰς βαύνους, ὅ ἐστι τὰς καμίνους, μετέρχεσθαι); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 1, 184 Van der Valk (ὡς δὲ βαῦνος καὶ ἡ ἑστία λέγεται ὅ ἐστι κάμινος ἀφ’ ἧς ὡς ἀλλαχοῦ ἐφάνη, καὶ ὁ βάναυσος); Eustathius, Comm. Od., vol. 1, 257 Stallbaum (καὶ βαῦνος λέγεται εἰσέτι καὶ νῦν, ἀφ’ ἧς ὁ βάναυσος); Scholia in Platonem (vetera), Theaet. 176d, schol. 141 Cufalo (βάναυσοι οἱ ἑδραῖοι τεχνῖται καὶ παρὰ βαύνῳ, ὃ σημαίνει καμίνῳ, τὶ ἔργον διατιθέμενοι); ibid., Symp. 203a, schol. 55 Cufalo (idem)
Comment
Derivational etymology. The etymon of βάναυσος is βαῦνος "furnace": this is formally obtained via a derivation in -ασος, relying on several parallels, and then on a formal change (metathesis). The craftsman is first of all the smith or the potter, who produce their artefacts using fire. This is explicit in later sources (see Parallels). NB: there was another etymology for βάναυσος, parsing the word as a compound βαῦνος + αὕω, and it is not always clear in the Byzantine sources if they refer to the derivational etymology or to the compositional one.