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Quotation
Δρόσος, παρὰ τὸ ῥέω, ῥόσος καὶ δρόσος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ Ζεὺς, Διὸς, καὶ τὸ δεύω τὸ ὁρμῶ καὶ βρέχω, δίοσος καὶ δρόασος, ἢ παρὰ τὸ δρῶ τὸ πράττω, ἡ σώους δρόωσα τοὺς καρπούς.
Translation (En)
Drosos "dew", from rheō "to flow", *rhosos and drosos. Or from Zeus, Dios, and deuō which means "to rush forward" and "to rain", *diosos and *droasos, or from drō "to act", the one making (droōsa) the crops healthy
Parallels
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); Joannes Mauropus, Etymologica nominum 45 (Ὕει δρόσον ῥέουσαν ὁ κρατῶν ὕδωρ)
Comment
Derivational etymology, requiring only one formal change, the addition of the initial consonant. The etymology relies on the regular e ~ o alternation (ῥέω ~ ῥόος "stream"). As dew is water, it can be said to "flow", even though it does not