ἑλεῖν
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Εἰν ἑλεοῖσιν. Ἐπὶ τῶν μαγειρικῶν τραπεζίων. Δασυντέον, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑλεῖν.
Translation (En)
Ein eleoisin "on the kitchen tables". With a rough breathing, from helein "to seize"
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); 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); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 300 (Ἐλεόν· τὸ μαγειρικὸν τραπέζιον ἢ σανίδιον· παρὰ τὸ ἑλεῖν τὸ κόψαι, ἐφ’ οὗ κόπτουσι τὰ κρέα· ἢ ὅτι ἀπὸ ἐλαΐνων ξύλων); ibid., 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. The kitchen table is where the aliments are prepared, in particular where the meat is cut. Therefore, it is the place where the meat is "seized", "taken hold of"