ἕλος
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Quotation
ἐλεοῖσι· μαγειρικοῖς τραπεζίοις. καὶ οἱ μὲν δασύνουσιν, ἵνα ᾖ τοῖς ἐκ λύγων πεπλεγμένοις τῶν ἐξ ἕλους ληφθέντων· οἱ δὲ ψιλοῦσιν, ἐξ ἐλαΐνων εἶναι ξύλων τὰς τραπέζας λέγοντες Ι 215
Translation (En)
Eleoisi "kitchen tables". Some write it with a rough breathing, for it refers to tables made of cane gathered in the marshes (helous). Others write it with a smooth breathing, saying the table are made of planks of olive tree
Parallels
A Schol. Il. 9.215b (εἰν ἐλεοῖσιν: ἐπιμήκεσι τραπεζίοις | ἤτοι μαγειρικοῖς. δασύνεται δέ· ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ ἑλεῖν. ἢ ὅτι ἐξ ἑλείων ῥάβδων ἦσαν πεπλεγμέναι. | ἢ ἐπεὶ ἐλιπαίνετο ἐκ τῆς πιμελῆς); bT Schol. Il. 9.215a (εἰν ἐλεοῖσιν: ἐπιμήκεσι τραπεζίοις ἐξ ἑλείων ῥάβδων πεπλεγμένοις); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, epsilon, p. 453 (Ἐλεοί· ἢ οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς πιμελῆς ἠλαιωμένοι ἢ οἱ ἐξ ἑλείων ξύλων κατεσκευασμένοι); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 2, p. 705 (Ὁ δὲ ἐλεὸς γίνεται μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἕλος ἕλεος, εὕρηται δὲ καὶ οὐδέτερον, ὡς δηλοῖ τὸ «κάθελε τοὐλεόν» παρὰ τῷ Κωμικῷ); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 298 (Εἱλεόν: Σημαίνει τὴν μαγειρικὴν τράπεζαν. Παρὰ τὸ ἕλος γίνεται ἑλεός· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ι εἱλεὸς, τὸ μαγειρικὸν τραπέζιον ἢ σανίδιον· καὶ Ὅμηρος Ἰλιάδος ιʹ, ‘Καὶ εἰν ἑλεοῖσιν ἔχευαν’. Δασύνεται· ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑλεῖν καὶ κόψαι· ἐφ’ οὗ κόπτουσι τὰ κρέα. Ἢ ὅτι ἀπὸ ἐλαΐνων ξύλων, ἢ ἐξ ἑλείων ῥάβδων ἦσαν πεπλεγμέναι αἱ μαγειρικαὶ τράπεζαι); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, epsilon, p. 632 (Εἰλεός. ἡ μαγειρικὴ τράπεζα. παρὰ τὸ ἔλος γέγονεν ἐλεὸς καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ι εἰλεός); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 165 (Εἰν ἑλεοῖσι· ἐπὶ τῶν μαγειρικῶν τραπεζίων δασυντέον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑλεῖν· ἢ ὅτι ἐξ ἑλείων ῥάβδων· ἢ μᾶλλον ἐξ ἐλαίων ἦσαν πεπλεγμέναι αἱ μαγειρικαὶ τράπεζαι)
Comment
Derivational etymology, etymologizing the lemma by the name of the material it is made of and relying on a metonymy