ἔρα + βαίνω
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Ἔρεβος. παρὰ τὸ ἐρέφω, τροπῇ τοῦ φ εἰς β, τὸ κατεστεγασμένον ὑπὸ τῆς γῆς. παρὰ τὸ ἔραν τὴν γῆν. τὸ ὑπὸ τὴν ἔ<ρ>αν βαῖνον.
Translation (En)
Erebos "darkness of the underworld": from erephō "to cover", by change of the /ph/ to /b/. That which is covered by the earth. From era "earth", that which goes (bainon) below the earth (hupo tēn eran)
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Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 518 (Ἔρεβος· .... παρὰ τὸ εἰς τὴν ἔραν βαίνειν· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἐρέφω, τὸ στεγάζω, ἔρεφος καὶ Ἔρεβος, τὸ ὑπὸ τῆς γῆς ἐστεγασμένον. καθὼς καὶ τῷ ποιητῇ <Aristoph. Av. 693> δοκεῖ, ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν Ἔρεβος καὶ Χάος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 370 (Ἔρεβος: Τὸ ὑπὸ τὴν γῆν σκότος· παρὰ τὸ ἐρέφω, τροπῇ τοῦ φ εἰς β· τὸ κατεστεγασμένον ὑπὸ τῆς γῆς. Ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἔραν, τὴν γῆν, τὸ ὑπὸ τὴν ἔραν βαῖνον); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 737 (Ἔρεβος· τὸ ὑπὸ γῆν σκότος· παρὰ τὸ ἐρέφω τὸ κατεστεγασμένον ὑπὸ τῆς γῆς. Ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἔραν, τὸ ὑπὸ τὴν ἔραν βαῖνον); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, p. 858 (Ἔρεβος. τὸ ὑπὸ τὴν γῆν σκότος, ὁ πρὸ τοῦ ταρτάρου τόπος. παρὰ τὸ ἐρέφω. τὸ καταστεγασμένον ὑπὸ τῆς γῆς. ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἔραν βαῖνον); Scholia in Sophoclem, Aj. 395b (recentiora) (ἔρεβος τὸ ὑπὸ τὴν γῆν σκότος, παρὰ τὸ ἐρέφω τὸ στεγάζω· τὸ κατεστεγασμένον ὑπὸ τῆς γῆς· ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἔραν, τὸ ὑπὸ τὴν ἔραν βαῖνον)
Comment
Compositional etymology. The second member is reduced to its initial consonant. As in the competing etymology by "to cover" (see ἔρεβος / ἐρέφω), the word is etymologized by reference to the underworld, located below the earth