ἑλεῖν
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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 seize", "to drag", helōr and by addition of the /e/ and /d/, <eeldōr>
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); 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); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, epsilon, p. 619 (Ἐέλδωρ. ἐπιθύμημα, βούλημα, παρὰ τὸ ἑλεῖν πρὸς ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἕλκειν. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἕλω τὸ λαμβάνω, κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ δ); J. Tzetzes, Exegesis in Homeri Iliadem, Il. 1.41 (ἐέλδωρ· ἕλω τὸ προκρίνω, ἕλωρ, ἐέλωρ καὶ ἐέλδωρ); Schol. Od. 3.418f Pontani (ἐέλδωρ: ἀπὸ τοῦ “ἕλω” τὸ προκρίνω “ἕλωρ”, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ε “ἐέλωρ” καὶ κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ δ, “ἐέλδωρ”)´Pediasimus, Scholia in Hesiodi Scutum, p. 615 (Ἐέλδωρ λέγεται τὸ ἐπιθύμημα, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐθέλω ἐθέλωρ· καὶ κατὰ μετάθεσιν τῶν στοιχείων ἐέλθωρ, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ δασέος θʹ εἰς τὸ μέσον δʹ, ἐέλδωρ. Τινὲς δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἕλω τὸ προκρίνω αὐτὸ παράγουσι, ψιλοῦσθαι δὲ ἰσχυρίζονται. Ἐπλεόνασε γὰρ τὸ δʹ)
Comment
Derivational etymology. Since ἔλδωρ is similar to ἕλωρ "prey, booty", which was assumed to be a derivative of ἑλεῖν, ἕλωρ was assumed to be the etymon of ἔλδωρ, which requires only one formal manipulation, the insertion of /d/. Compared to the correct etymology deriving ἔλδωρ from ἔλδομαι (see ἔλδωρ / ἔλδομαι), which derives the noun from the verb, this one derived the noun from another formally similar noun, itself derived from a verb which has been assumed as the etymon of ἔλδομαι (see ἔλδομαι / ἑλεῖν). Therefore, we are dealing with two different derivation paths: ἑλεῖν "to seize" → ἔλδομαι "to wish" → ἔλδωρ "wish", vs ἑλεῖν "to seize" → ἕλωρ "prey, what is seized" → ἔλδωρ "wish" (that is, what one seeks to seize)