ἄημι
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Etymon-lemma
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Transliteration (Etymon)
English translation (etymon)
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Quotation
Ἆσθμα, ἄω τὸ πνέω, ἄσμα, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ θ
Translation (En)
Asthma "panting": aō is "to breathe", *asma, and with addition of /th/
Parallels
Etym. Genuinum, alpha 1265 (Ἆσθμα· ἡ ἀναπνοή· παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, ἄσω ἦσμαι ἆσμα, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ θ ἆσθμα. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀσθμαίνω); Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, alpha 143 (ἄσθμα (Ο 241): ὄνομα ῥηματικόν. παρὰ τὸ ἄω ἐστί, τὸ σημαῖνον τὸ πνέω. καὶ ὤφειλεν εἶναι ἄσμα, τὸ πνεῦμα, ὡς ξύω ξύσμα, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ θ. —ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἄημα. —πέπονθεν ἐπενθέσει τοῦ θ (τὸ γὰρ ἀνάλογον ἦν ἄσμα)); Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 211 (idem); ibid., alpha, p. 211 (Ἄσθμα· παρὰ τὸ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, ἄσω ἆσμα καὶ ἄσθμα); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 153 (idem); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 4, p. 427 (Τὸ δὲ ἀΐσθειν γίνεται ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄω, τὸ πνέω, ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸ ἆσθμα καὶ τὸ ἀσθμαίνειν); ibid., vol. 2, p. 816-817 (Ὥσπερ δὲ ταῦτα ἐκ τοῦ ἀΰω, οὕτω καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἄω ἀτμός καὶ ἀτμίς. Ἐκεῖθεν δὲ παρῆκται καὶ τὸ ἆσθμα καὶ τὸ ἀσθμαίνειν); ibid., vol. 3, p. 728 (Ὅρα δὲ ὡς ἐκ τοῦ ἄω καὶ τὸ ἆσθμα γίνεται, καὶ τὸ ἀΐειν ἐπὶ ἀκοῆς, καὶ τὸ ἄϊον ἦτορ, καὶ ὅτι τὸ ἀΐειν ἦτορ οὐ μακράν ἐστι τοῦ ἀσθμαίνειν. τῷ γοῦν εἰπόντι, ὅτι φίλον ἄϊον ἦτορ, ἀνωτέρω ἐρρέθη τὸ ἐντεῦθεν ἆσθμα παύεσθαι); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, alpha, p. 323 (Ἆσθμα. ἡ συνεχομένη πνοὴ καὶ συγκοπτομένη. παρὰ τὸ ἄω τὸ πνέω.)
Comment
Derivational etymology, starting from the thematic variant of ἄημι and deriving a neuter in -σμα. The the required form is obtained through the insertion of a consonant