ἔλδομαι

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Word-form

ἐέλδωρ

Transliteration (Word)

eldōr

English translation (word)

wish

Transliteration (Etymon)

eldomai

English translation (etymon)

to wish

Author

Epimerismi homerici

Century

9 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Epimerismi homerici Il. 1.41e1

Ed.

A. Dyck, Epimerismi Homerici, pars prior epimerismos continens qui ad Iliadis librum Α pertinent [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 5.1. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1983]

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. | ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἕλω, τὸ ἑλκύω, ἕλωρ καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε καὶ δ. Ps 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 | Or from helō "to drag" helōr "prey" and by addition of the /e/ and /d/, <eeldōr>

Comment

Correct derivational etymology

Parallels

Ibid., 41e2 (ἐέλδωρ: ἔλδω, τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε, ἐέλδωρ. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἕλω, τὸ ἑλκύω, ἕλωρ καὶ ἔλδω καὶ ἔλδωρ); 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. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἕλω, τὸ ἑλκύω, ἕλωρ καὶ ἔλδωρ καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε ἐέλδωρ, παρὰ τὸ πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ἕλκειν τὸ ἐπιθυμούμενον); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 1, p. 59-60 (ἐέλδωρ δὲ τὸ ἐπιθύμημά ἐστιν, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔλδω γινόμενον ῥήματος πλεονασμῷ καὶ ἑτέρου ε. φησὶ γοῦν που Ὅμηρος «ἧς ἔλδεαι ἤματα πάντα». εἰ δὲ καὶ τρισυλλάβως ἐέλδω εὕρηται, εἴη ἂν καὶ ἐκεῖθεν τὸ ἐέλδωρ); ibid., vol. 2, p. 127 (Τὸ δὲ ἔλδω, ἐξ οὗ τὸ ἔλδεται, φορτίζεταί ποτε καὶ ἕτερον ε, καὶ ποιεῖ τὸ ἐέλδωρ); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 317 (Ἐέλδωρ: Τὸ ἐπιθύμημα. Ἔστιν ἕλδω, τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ· ὅπερ γέγονεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἕλκω, κατὰ μετάθεσιν τοῦ κ εἰς δ· εἰς ὃ γάρ τις ἐπιθυμεῖ, ἐκεῖ ἕλκεται. Ἐκ τοῦ ἕλδω ἕλδωρ· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε, ἐέλδωρ. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἑλῶ, τὸ ἑλκύω, ἕλωρ, καὶ ἐέλδωρ, πλεονασμῷ. Τὸ δὲ ἐέλδω, παρὰ τὸ ἐέδω. Καὶ ἐελδόμενος· καὶ, ‘ἐέλδετο γάρ σε ἰδέσθαι’. Ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπεθύμει· παρὰ τὸ θέλω, τοῦ θ τραπέντος εἰς δ, κατὰ Μακεδόνας, καὶ ὑπερθέσεως γενομένης· οἷον, θέλω, δέλω, ἔλδω καὶ ἔλδομαι· καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἐθέλω, ἐδέλω, καὶ ὑπερθέσει, ἐέλδω); 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. Καὶ ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἕλκω ἕλωρ, τὸ τῶν κυνῶν σπάραγμα, οὕτως ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐέλδω ἐέλδωρ, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ἐέλδω δὲ ἐλδόμενος ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν)

Modern etymology

Derivative of ἔλδομαι

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