ἔλπομαι
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ἐλεφαίρω: παρὰ τὸ ἔλπω τὸ ἐλπίζω ἄλλο παραγωγὸν ἐλπαίρω καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε ἐλεπαίρω, τροπῇ τοῦ π εἰς φ ἐλεφαίρω. κυρίως τὸ ταῖς ἐλπίσιν ἀπατᾶσθαι. οὕτως Ἡρωδιανός. λέγει δὲ δύνασθαι τὸ ἐλεφαίρω παρὰ τὸ ζῷον εἰρῆσθαι.
Translation (En)
Elephairō "to cheat": from elpō "to hope", another derivative is *elpairō, and with addition of /e/, *elepairō, and by change of /p/ into /ph/ elephairō. The proper meaning is "to be derived in one's hopes". This is what Herodian says. But he says that elephairō can come from the name of the animal (elephant)
Parallels
Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, epsilon 21 (ἐλεαίρει (Β 27): ὡς παρὰ τὸ ἔλπω ἐλπαίρω καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε ἐλπεαίρω καὶ ὑπερβιβασμῷ τοῦ ε ἐλεπαίρω καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ψιλοῦ εἰς δασὺ γίνεται ἐλεφαίρω, τὸ ἀπατῶ, ὁ ἀόριστος ἐλέφηρα, ὁ μέσος ἐλεφηράμην καὶ ἐλεφηράμενος (Ψ 388), οὕτως καὶ τὸ ἐλεῶ ἐλεαίρω ἐλεαρῶ); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 451 (idem); ibid., p. 455 (Ἐλεφαίρω· ... παρὰ τὸ ἔλπω ἐλπαίρω, εἶτα καὶ ἐλεφαίρω, τὸ ἐλπίσιν ἀπατᾶσθαι); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 1, p. 131 (καὶ τὸ ἐλεφαίρω ἐκ τοῦ ἔλπω τὸ ἐλπίζω καὶ τὸ σφεδανόν ἐκ τοῦ σπεύδω); ibid., vol. 1, p. 791 (ὡς ἐλεῶ ἐλεαίρω, οὕτως ἐλέφω ἐλεφαίρω. καὶ σημαίνοι ἂν Ἐλεφήνωρ τὸν ἄνδρας ἐλεφαίροντα); ibid., vol. 4, p. 752 (Ὅτι ἐν τῇ Ὀδυσσείᾳ μὲν τὸ ἐλεφαίρω φαίνεται κεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐλπίσιν ἀπατᾶν, ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔλπω ἐλπαίρω, ἐνταῦθα δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἁπλῶς βλάπτειν, ἐν τῷ «ἐλεφηράμενος Τυδείδην Ἀπόλλων»); Eustathius, Comm. Od., vol. 2, p. 218 (ἐλεφαιρόμενοι, ὅ ἐστι παραλογιζόμενοι, ἀπατῶντες, καὶ ἔλπεσθαι μόνον ποιοῦντες. ἐντεῦθεν γὰρ τὸ ἐλεφαίρω, ὡς οἷον εἰπεῖν, ἐλπαίρω, οὗ χρῆσις καὶ ἐν Ἰλιάδι); ibid., vol. 2, p. 218 (εἴ γε τὸ ἐλεφαίρειν ἐκ τοῦ ἔλπειν γίνεται); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 329 (Ἐλεφαίρω δὲ κυρίως, τὸ ταῖς ἐλπίσιν ἀπατῶ καὶ βλάπτω. Παρὰ τὸ ἔλπω, παράγωγον ἐλπαίρω· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε, ἐλπεαίρω· καὶ ὑπερθέσει τοῦ ε, ἐλεπαίρω· καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ ψιλοῦ εἰς δασὺ, ἐλεφαίρω· ὁ ἀόριστος, ἐλέφηρα· ὁ μέσος, ἐλεφηράμην· ἐλεφηράμενος, ἡ μετοχή. Δύναται δὲ καὶ παρὰ τὸν ἐλέφαντα τὸ ζῷον εἰρῆσθαι· βλαπτικώτατον γὰρ τὸ ζῷον); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 313 (Ἐλεφῄρατο· ἐλεφαίρω· ἐλεφαρῶ ἐλέφῃρα ἐλεφῃράμην ἐλεφῄρω ἐλεφῄρατο· σημαίνει δὲ κυρίως τὸ ταῖς ἐλπίσιν ἀπατᾶσθαι καὶ βλάπτεσθαι· παρὰ τὸ ἔλπω γίνεται ἐλπαίρω, τροπῇ τοῦ π εἰς φ καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε ἐλεφαίρω. Δύναται δὲ καὶ παρὰ τὸν ἐλέφαντα τὸ ζῷον εἰρῆσθαι· βλαπτικὸν γὰρ ἐστὶ τὸ ζῷον)
Comment
Derivational etymology requiring a series of formal changes. A different derivation from the same etymon is provided in the Epimerisms (see Parallels). The second etymology deriving it from the name of the elephant does not come from Herodian, as far as we can see, but was erroneously put under his name by a abbreviator of Orion's Etymologicum.