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Φώς· ... ἢ παρὰ τὸ φῶ, τὸ λέγω· λογικὸν γὰρ ζῷον ὁ ἄνθρωπος.
Translation (En)
Phōs "man": ...or from *phō, "to speak" ; because man is an animal with the faculty of speech (logikon).
Other translation(s)
Phōs "homme" : ...ou bien de *phō, « parler », car l’homme est un animal doué de parole (logikon).
Parallels
Lexicon αἱμωδεῖν, phi 16 (φώς (Γ 310): ὁ ἀνήρ, ἐκ τοῦ φῶ, τὸ λέγω, ὡς καὶ ὁ Θεολόγος (PG 36, 364 C)· „†φῶς γὰρ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὀνομάζουσι διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν λόγου δύναμιν“); Etym. Gudianum, phi, p. 560 (Φὼς, ὀξυτόνως ὁ ἀνὴρ, παρὰ τὸ φῶ τὸ λέγω, μόνος γὰρ ὁ ἄνθρωπος λογικὸς, ὡς ὁ θεολόγος· φὼς γὰρ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὀνομάζει, διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν λόγου δύναμιν); Eustathius, Comm. Il. vol. 1, p. 623 (εἰς δὲ τὸ αὐτὸ συντελεῖ πρὸς ἄλλοις καὶ τὸ τῶν θηλειῶν ἀηδόνων ἀμελὲς καὶ ὁ φώς ἐκ τοῦ φῶ, τὸ λέγω); ibid., vol. 2, p. 697 (Προέκρινε δὲ καὶ τοῦ ἄνδρας τὸ φῶτας ὡς οἰκεῖον μᾶλλον τοῖς ἄρτι λογίως πρεσβεύουσι. Δοκεῖ γὰρ παρὰ τὸ φῶ, τὸ λέγω, εἶναι φώς ὁ ἀνήρ, ὡς μάλιστα λαλητὸν ζῷον. γυναιξὶ γὰρ ἡ σιγὴ πρέπει]); Eustathius, Comm. Od. vol. 1, p. 67 (ἴσως δὲ, καὶ τὸ τὸν ἄνδρα φῶτα λέγεσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ φῶ τὸ λαλῶ, κατά τι ἐξαίρετον. οὗ γυναιξὶν οὐ μέτεστι); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 804 (Φῶς: Ἀρσενικῶς, ὁ ἄνθρωπος· παρὰ τὸ φῶ, τὸ λέγω· μόνος γὰρ ὁ ἄνθρωπος λογικὸν ζῷον· ἢ ὁ μόνος τὰ τῆς διανοίας φωτίζων τῷ λόγῳ. Καὶ ὁ Θεολόγος, φὼς γὰρ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὀνομάζουσι διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν λόγου δύναμιν); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, phi, p. 1835 ([Φώς. ὁ ἀνήρ· ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ὁ μόνος τὰ τῆς διανοίας φωτίζων τῷ λόγῳ. ἢ παρὰ τῷ φῶ, τὸ λέγω. λογικὸν γὰρ ζῶον ὁ ἄνθρωπος. καὶ κλίνεται φὼς φωτός])
Comment
Derivational etymology, defining man by one of its characteristics features. Compare the etymology of ἄνθρωπος with the second member -ωπος identified as "voice" (see ἄνθρωπος / διαρθρόω + ὄψ)