ἕλκω
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Quotation
ἐέλδωρ: ἔστιν ἔλδω, τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ, ὅπερ γέγονεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἕλκω κατὰ μετάθεσιν τοῦ κ εἰς δ· εἰς ὃ γάρ τις ἐπιθυμεῖ, ἐκεῖ ἕλκεται. ἐκ τούτου γίνεται ἔλδωρ καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε ἐέλδωρ. Ps Os Et.Gud.
Translation (En)
Eeldōr "wish": there is eldō "to wish", which comes from helkō "to draw" by change of /k/ to /d/. For what one longs for, there they are drawn. From it comes eldōr and with addition of the /e/, eeldōr
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 317 (idem); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 402 (Ὁμήρου Ἐέλδωρ <Α 41>· ... ἔλδω, τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ, ὅπερ γέγονεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἕλκω κατὰ μετάθεσιν τοῦ κ εἰς δ· εἰς ὃ γάρ τις ἐπιθυμεῖ, ἐκεῖ ἕλκεται. ἐκ τοῦ ἔλδω ἐέλδωρ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 93 (Ἐέλδωρ· τὸ ἐπιθύμημα· ἔστιν ἔλδω ὅπερ γέγονε ἀπὸ τοῦ ἕλκω καὶ κατὰ μετάθεσιν τοῦ κ εἰς δ· πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε ἐέλδω καὶ ἐελδόμενος, ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν); Schol. in Pindarum, O. 1.6 (Ἔλδεαι] Ἐπιθυμεῖς, ἐθέλεις. —Ἔλδεαι]* Ἔλδω, καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου ἔλδομαι, τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ, τὸ γʹ ἔλδεται, ἀποβολῇ τοῦ τ ἰωνικῶς ἔλδεαι ἀντὶ το(ῦ) ἔλδῃ καὶ ἐπιθυμεῖς. Εἴρηται δὲ ἡ λέξις ἀπὸ τοῦ ἕλκω, κατὰ μετάθεσιν τοῦ κ εἰς δ· εἰς ὃ γάρ τις ἐπιθυμεῖ ἐκεῖ ἕλκεται· ἢ παρὰ τὸ (θέ)λω, τοῦ θ τραπέντος εἰς δ, κατὰ Μακεδόνας, καὶ ὑπερθέσεως γενομένης· οἷον θέλω, δέλω, ἔλδω καὶ ἔλδομαι· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἕλω, τὸ προκρίνω· δῆλον γὰρ ὡς ἕλοιτο ἄν τις τὸ ἐπιθυμητόν. Εἰ δὲ δασύνεται τὸ ἑλεῖν ψιλοῦται δὲ τὸ ἔλδεσθαι, αἴτιον ἡ τοῦ δ ἐπένθεσις)
Comment
Derivational etymology requiring one formal change in the consonant. The initial /e/ of ἐέλδομαι, ἐέλδωρ is explained as a secondary addition. Semantically, the etymon is the passive ἕλκομαι "to be drawn" to the object of one's wish, which is to some extent logical in so far as ἔλδομαι is a Medium tantum. However, the explanation conventionally mentions the verbs under the active form. See also ἐέλδωρ / ἕλκω