σεύω + ὅλος
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σόλον: παρὰ τὸ ὅλον σεύεσθαι
Translation (En)
solon "disk", from the fact that it is wholly put in quick motion
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Orion, Etymologicum, sigma, p. 47 (Σόλος. ὁ δίσκος. παρὰ τὸ σῶ, τὸ ὁρμῶ καὶ κινῶ. ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ σῶ, ὁ μέλλων σώσω, καὶ ῥηματικὸν ὄνομα κατὰ συστολὴν τοῦ ω εἰς ο, σόλος. παρὰ τὸ ὅλον σεύεσθαι, ὡς στρογγύλον. οὕτω Φιλόξενος); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 4, p. 844 (Γίνεται δὲ σόλος μὲν παρὰ τὸ σεύεσθαι ὅλος, τουτέστι περιδεδινῆσθαι, σφαιροειδὴς γὰρ ἦν); Eustathius, Comm. Od., vol. 1, p. 290 (Σημείωσαι δ’ ἐνταῦθα καὶ Τρύφωνος τὸ, δίσκος, λίθος τετρημένος. σόλος δὲ, χαλκοῦν ὅλον σφαιρωτόν [the etymology is not given in full, Eustathius only says ὅλον as opposed to τετρημένος for the δίσκος, which had a hole in the middle, but he clearly alludes here to this etymology which he believes to be correct])
Comment
Compositional etymology, in which the verb σεύω only provides the initial consonant /s/.