ἑλίσσω
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<Ἐλέφας>· ... ἢ παρὰ τὸ λευκός γίνεται λεύκας καὶ λέκας, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ κ εἰς φ λέφας, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε ἐλέφας· πάνυ γὰρ λευκὸν τὸ ὀστοῦν αὐτοῦ. ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλίσσω ἐλίξω γίνεται ἐλίφας καὶ ἐλέφας, ὁ εἰλιγμένην ἔχων ῥῖνα. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἐλεφαίρω, τὸ βλάπτω· βλαπτικὸν γὰρ τὸ ⟦ζῶον⟧
Translation (En)
Elephas "elephant" […] Or from leukos "white" comes leukas "white" and *lekas, and by change of /k/ into /ph/ *lephas, and by addition of /e/ elephas, for its bone is entirely white. Or from helissō "to wind up", <future> helixō, comes *eliphas and elephas, the one with a rolled up (eiligmenēn) nose. Or from elephairō "to damage", for the animal causes damage
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Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 329 (Ἐλέφας: Τὸ ζῷον· Ἀμετροβίων ἐλεφάντων. Ἐλέβας τὶς ὤν· διὰ γὰρ τὸ βάρος ἐν ὕδατι ἑλώδει τὰς ἐπιβάσεις (τουτέστι τὰς μίξεις) ποιεῖται· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἐλεφαίρω, τὸ βλάπτω· βλαπτικὸς γάρ. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἐλίσσω γίνεται ἐλίφας καὶ ἐλέφας, ὁ ἐλιγμένην ἔχων ῥῖνα. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἐν ἕλει ἐπιβαίνειν τῇ θηλείᾳ, ἐλέβας τὶς ὤν· ἐπιβαίνει γὰρ τῇ θηλείᾳ, οὐκ ἐπὶ γῆς διὰ τὸν ὄγκον, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ ὕδατος ἑλώδους ὅπου νέμονται· καὶ γίνεται εἰκότως κοῦφος. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ λευκὸς γίνεται λεύκας· καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ κ εἰς φ, λέφας· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε, ἐλέφας· πάνυ γὰρ ἐστὶ λευκὸν τὸ ὀστοῦν αὐτοῦ)
Comment
Derivational etymology referring to a characteristic feature of the anatomy of the animal, its flexible trunk. It was designed in a pilotis stage of the language for the loss of the initial aspiration of ἕλιξ, ἑλίσσω is not commented upon