βαίνω

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Word-form

βαιός

Transliteration (Word)

baios

English translation (word)

little

Transliteration (Etymon)

bainō

English translation (etymon)

to go

Author

Philoxenus

Century

1 BC

Reference

fr. 96

Edition

C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2] Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976

Source

Orion

Ref.

Etymologicum, beta, p. 67-68

Ed.

F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820

Quotation

ἠβαιόν· ... οἱ δὲ παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ βαίνω· τὸ κατ’ ὀλίγον οὕτως βαῖνον. ἐὰν μὲν οὖν παρὰ τὸ βῶ, βαιὸς καὶ ἠβαιὸς πλεονασμῷ τοῦ η

Translation (En)

ēbaion "a little" […] others say it comes from * "to go", the one that moves only a little. And if it comes from *, <we obtain> baios "little", and ēbaios by addition of the /ē/

Comment

Derivational etymology starting from one of Philoxenus' monosyllabic verbs. "Little" is etymologized by "moving <a little>", that is, an adverbial component is added to the etymon, which only means "to go". It works as though the etymon "to bo" (*) provides the form and the added adverbial component the meaning. See similar cases in χείρων / χείρ, θύρα / θύω, γάλα / καλός, ἀγρός / Ἄρης

Parallels

Choeroboscus, Epimerismi in Psalmos, p.144 (Βέβαιος: παρὰ τὸ βέβαιος· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ βαιὸν, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ μικρὸν, καὶ τὸ ἀληθὲς, τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ βίβημι, βήσω, ὁ δεύτερος ἀόριστος ἔβην, ἡ μετοχὴ βὰς, βάντος, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ βαιὸς, καὶ κατὰ ἀναδιπλασιασμὸν βέβαιος); Etym. Genuinum, beta 11 (Βαιόν· ὃ λέγεται καὶ ἠβαιόν· τὸ μικρὸν ἢ ὀλίγον. εἴρηται παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ βαίνω, βαιόν, οὗ ἐστι ἐπ’ ὀλίγον βῆναι. ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἥβην ἡβαιός, ἥτις ταχέως ἄρχεται καὶ ταχέως λήγει); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 192 (idem); Etym. Gudianum, beta, p. 265 (παρὰ τὸ βέβαιος· τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ βαιόν, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ ὀλίγον [βεβαίως τὸ ἀληθές]· τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ βίβημι, ὁ δεύτερος ἀόριστος ἔβην, ἡ μετοχὴ βάς βάντος, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ βαός καὶ βαιός, καὶ κατὰ ἀναδιπλασιασμὸν βέβαιος, ὁ ἀληθὴς καὶ μὴ ψευδής); ibid., eta, p. 234 (ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ βῆναι γίνεται βαὸς καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ι βαιὸς, ὁ ἐπ’ ὀλίγον χρόνον βεβηκὼς, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ η ἠβαιὸς); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 417 (idem); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 193 (Βεβαιῶ: Παρὰ τὸ βέβαιον· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ βαιὸν, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ μικρὸν καὶ ἀληθές· τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ βίβημι, βήσω· ὁ δεύτερος ἀόριστος, ἔβην· ἡ μετοχὴ, βὰς βάντος· καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ βαὸς, καὶ βαιός· καὶ κατὰ ἀναδιπλασιασμὸν, βέβαιος); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 384 (Βαιόν· ὃ λέγεται καὶ ἠβαιόν· ἔστι δὲ τριγενὲς ὁ βαιός ἡ βαιά τὸ βαιόν· παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ βαίνω, <βαιόν,> οὗ ἐστιν ἐπ’ ὀλίγον βῆναι. ἢ παρὰ † τὸ ἥβην, ἡβαιός—385, 5 λήγει, ἀφ’ οὗ παρώνυμον ἠβαιός, ὀξύνεται δὲ ὡς τὸ γηραιός δηναιός, ἵνα μὴ βαρυνόμενον σχῇ κτητικὸν τύπον, ὥσπερ Ῥώμη Ῥωμαῖος. οἱ δὲ παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ κατ’ ὀλίγον οὕτως βαῖνον. ἐὰν μὲν οὖν παρὰ τὸ βῶ, βαιός καὶ <ἠβαιός> πλεονασμῷ τοῦ η, <ὡς μύω ἠμύω, τὸ ἐπικλίνω·> ἐὰν δὲ παρὰ τὴν ἥβην, ἡβαιός, ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸ βαιός κατὰ ἀποβολὴν τοῦ η); ibid., vol. 1, p. 386 (idem); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, beta, p. 376 (Βαιόν. ὀλίγον, μικρόν. παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ βαίνω); Scholia in Sophoclem, Aj. 90c (recentiora) (βαιὸν δὲ ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τοῦ ἀργῶς <βαίνειν> ἀπὸ τοῦ βαίνω)

Modern etymology

Unknown (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

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