ἐπαίρω
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Quotation
καλλιπάρῃος: ἐκ τοῦ κάλλος καὶ τοῦ παρειά· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἐπαίρω· τὸ ἀνεσταλμένον μέρος τοῦ σώματος.
Translation (En)
Kalliparēios "of the lovely cheeks": from calls "beauty" and pareia "cheek". The latter from epairō "to lift up": the body part that is lifted up
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, kappa, p. 295 (Καλλιπάρηος, ἡ καλὰς παρειὰς ἔχουσα, ἐκ τοῦ κάλλος καὶ τοῦ παρεία. τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἐπαίρω, τὸ ἀνεσταλμένον μέρος τοῦ σώματος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 487 (Καλλιπάρηον, καλὰς παρειὰς ἔχουσαν· ἀπὸ μέρους, καλήν. ΠΑρειὰ δὲ, παρὰ τὸ ἐπαίρω, τὸ συνεσταλμένον μέρος τοῦ σώματος); Scholia in Aristophanem, Plut. 690 (παρείας: Μέγας. Dv. οἱ γὰρ συρίζοντες ὄφεις μεγάλας ἔχουσι παρειάς. Θ. εἶδος ὄφεως ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐπαίρειν. P. [παρεῖα is the name of a snake, so named because it has "cheeks". The etymon ἐπαίρειν is provided as the etymon of "cheek", not of this kind of snake])
Comment
Derivational descriptive etymology, requiring several formal changes: loss of the initial vowel /e/ and of the internal /I/ – unless the derivation base is the future ἐπαρῶ, since the future is often used as a derivation base by Greek etymologists