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Βρέφος, παρὰ τὸ φέρβω φέρβος· καὶ μεταθέσει τῶν δύο συμφώνων, βρέφος· τὸ δεόμενον φορβῆς
Translation (En)
Brephos "new-born babe", from pherbō "to feed", and through metathesis of the two consonants brephos, that which needs feeding
Parallels
Meletius, De natura hominis p. 10 (Βρέφος δὲ εἴρηται παρὰ τὸ δέεσθαι φορβῆς, ὅ ἐστι τρο φῆς); Leo Medicus, De natura hominum synopsis 1, 28 (πόθεν βρέφος; παρὰ τὸ δέεσθαι φορβῆς, ὅ ἐστι τροφῆς); Etym. Genuinum, beta 250 (παρὰ τὸ φέρβω, τὸ τρέφω, γίνεται φέρβος καὶ κατὰ μετάθεσιν τῶν στοιχείων βρέφος, τὸ δεόμενον τροφῆς, οἷον «μή μοι δευοίατο φορβῆς» Il. 5.202); Etym. Gudianum, beta, p. 286-287 (Γεωργίου τοῦ Χοιροβοσκοῦ Βρέφος <Jo. Damasc. Canon. iamb. 1, 34>· παρὰ τὸ εἰς φῶς βεβηκέναι· ἢ παρὰ τὸ φέρβω, τὸ τρέφω, φέρβος, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ φ εἰς β καὶ <τοῦ β εἰς φ καὶ> ἐν ὑπερβιβασμῷ τοῦ ρ βρέφος· <ἢ παρὰ τὸ βρέχω βρέχος καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ χ εἰς φ βρέφος>, τὸ ἐν κοιλίᾳ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ βεβρεγμένον ὄν· ἢ παρὰ τὸ τρέφω τρέφος, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ τ εἰς β βρέφος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges p. 213 (Βρέφος: Παρὰ τὸ φέρβω, τὸ τρέφω, γίνεται φέρβος, καὶ κατὰ μετάθεσιν τῶν στοιχείων, βρέφος, τὸ δεόμενον τροφῆς. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ εἰς φῶς βεβηκέναι)
Comment
Descriptive etymology relying on a phonetic manipulation of anagrammatic type. Its presence in Meletius shows that it may come from Soranus (fr. 59 Scheele), although this is not explicit in Orion.