Ζεύς + σεύω
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Δρόσος. κατὰ παράληψιν τοῦ ι, ἡ ἀπὸ Διὸς σοουμένη, δίοσός τις οὖσα, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ, καὶ συγκοπῇ τοῦ ι, δρόσος.
Translation (En)
Drosos "dew", by dropping of the /I/, the one rushing forward (sooumenē) from Zeus (apo Dios), a *diosos, as it were, and with addition of </r/> and syncope of /I/, drosos
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Choeroboscus, Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 183 (Δρόσος, παρὰ τὸ ῥέω, ῥόσος καὶ δρόσος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ Ζεὺς, Διὸς, καὶ τὸ <σ>εύω τὸ ὁρμῶ καὶ βρέχω, δίοσος καὶ δρόασος, ἢ παρὰ τὸ δρῶ τὸ πράττω, ἡ σώους δρόωσα τοὺς καρπούς [corrupt]); Etym. Gudianum, delta, p. 379 (Φωτίου Νικήτου Δρόσος <Jo. Dam. Canon. iamb. 3, 52>· παρὰ τὸ ὕω, τὸ βρέχω, ὕσος καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ υ εἰς ο <ὅσος καὶ δρόσος> πλεονασμῷ τῶν συμφώνων· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ῥέω ῥόσος καὶ δρόσος πλεονασμῷ τοῦ δ· ἢ παρὰ τὸ Ζεύς Διός καὶ τὸ σεύω, τὸ ὁρμῶ, δίοσος καὶ ἐν συγκοπῇ καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ δρόσος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 287 (Δρόσος: Κατὰ παράλειψιν τοῦ ι· οἷον, ἡ παρὰ τοῦ Διὸς σοουμένη, δίοσός τις οὖσα· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ, δρόσος. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ὕω, τὸ βρέχω, ὕσος· καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ υ εἰς ο, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τῶν συμφώνων, δρόσος. […] Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ῥέω ῥόσος, καὶ δρόσος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ δρῶ, τὸ πράττω, καὶ τὸ σῶος, ἡ σώους δρῶσα τοὺς καρπούς); Etym. Symeonis, delta 362 (Δρόσος· κατὰ παράλειψιν τοῦ ι· οἷον ἡ ὑπὸ τοῦ Διὸς σοουμένη· διόσος τις οὖσα καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ δρόσος)
Comment
Compositional etymology taking as its starting point an inflected form in the genitive (Διός). This provides the first "member". The end of the word is deduced from Homeric compounds in -(σ)σοος, belonging with σεύομαι. Then several formal changes are required: loss of /I/, insertion of /r/, and (not mentioned in Orion's wording), loss of one /s/. Semantically, deriving the word for "dew" from the name of the Sky-god is conceivable, in so far as Zeus is responsible for all the meteorological phenomena.