ἵκω
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Ἰκμάς. παρὰ τὸ ἱκνεῖσθαι ἄνωθεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς. ἀπὸ τοῦ Διὸς ὕοντος. οὕτως Ἡρωδιανός.
Translation (En)
Ikmas "moisture". From "to come" (hikneisthai) from above to us, from Zeus' rain. This is what Herodian says
Parallels
Herodian, De prosodia catholica, Lentz III/1, p. 58 (idem) [same caveat]; Orion, Etymologicum (excerpta e cod. Darmstadino 2773), iota, p. 614 (ἰκμὰς παρὰ τὸ ἰκνεῖσθαι ἄνωθεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς); Etym. Gudianum, iota, p. 273 (Ἰκμὰς, ἐκ τοῦ ἥκω τὸ παραγίνομαι. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἰκνύσθαι αὐτήν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 470 ( Ἱκμάς: Ἡ ὑγρὰ σταγών· ἢ λιπαρότης. Παρὰ τὸ ἵκω ἱκμάς); ibid., p. p. 470* (Ἰκμάς: Ὑγρασία, σταγὼν, ἢ λιπαρότης, ὡς τὸ, ‘ἀφαρδέστερον (ἄφαρ δέ τε) ἰκμὰς ἔβη’, Ἰλιάδος ρʹ. (392.) ἀντὶ τοῦ ταχέως δὲ ἡ ὑγρασία διέρχεται τοῦ στέατος οὖσα ἐλαιώδης. Παρὰ τὸ ἴκω ἰκμὰς, καὶ Ἰκμάλιος ὄνομα τέκτονος (Od. τʹ. 57.), ὁ ἰκμάδας καὶ ἱδρῶτας στάζων ἐν τῷ κάμνειν καὶ φιλοπονεῖν. Ἰκμὰς παρὰ τὸ ἱκνεῖσθαι ἄνωθεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ Διὸς ὕοντος); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, iota, p. 1101 (Ἰκμάς. ἡ ὑγρασία. [παρὰ τὸ ἵκω ἱκμὰς, ὅθεν καὶ ἴκμενον οὖρον. παρὰ τὸ ἱκνεῖσθαι. ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἱκμάδα.])
Comment
Derivational etymology. The etymon is a motion verb, moisture is what "comes" from the sky. This etymology requires a psilosis, since the lemma has a rough breathing. Herodian's derivation may have started from ἱκνέομαι → *ἱκνάς (derivative) > ἰκμάς (by τροπή, change of /n/ to /m/). The Gudianum gives the etymon as ἥκω: this is a mere problem of iotacism, not a different etymology — arguably, ἥκω was more familiar than ἵκω for a Byzantine copyist