ἕλωρ

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Word-form

ἐέλδωρ

Transliteration (Word)

eldōr

English translation (word)

wish

Transliteration (Etymon)

helōr

English translation (etymon)

prey

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

Derivational etymology. The etymon ἕλωρ means "prey", that is, what one draws to oneself and seizes. The lemma ἔλδωρ means "wish, desire", which can amount to a virtual prey, which one wishes to seize. A simple formal change, the addition of /l/, is required. This etymology is also implied by the etymology ἔλδωρ / ἑλεῖν, which provides as the etymon of ἔλδωρ, ινστεαδ οφ its direct etymon ἔλωρ, the etymon of the etymon

Parallels

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); 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”)

Modern etymology

Derivative of ἔλδομαι

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

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