καίνω
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Quotation
Κονιόπους: […] ἡ δὲ κόνις ἀπὸ τῆς χύσεως. ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ καίνω, τὸ κόπτω· ἡ διακεκομμένη γῆ.
Translation (En)
Koniopous […]: and konis "dust" comes from the fact it is poured. Or from kainō "to cut", the earth cut to pieces.
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, kappa, p. 337 (Κόνις, παρὰ τὸ καίνω τὸ κόπτω καὶ διφθείρω, ἡ εἰς μικρὰ κεκομμένη γῆ· δηλοῖ γὰρ τὴν εἰς λεπτομερῆ οὐσίαν χωρήσασαν γῆν, ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ξυσμάτων· ἢ παρὰ τὸ κνῶ κνίς· καὶ ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἐδύνατο μονοσύλλαβον ὄνομα βραχυκαταλήγειν πλεονάζει τὸ ο, καὶ γίνεται κόνις); ibid., p. 337 (Κόνις, παρὰ τὸ καίνω τὸ κόπτω καὶ διφθείρω, ἡ εἰς μικρὰ κεκομμένη γῆ); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 3, p. 172 (ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἡ κονία καὶ ἡ κόνις ἐκ τοῦ καίνω καὶ κατὰ συγκοπὴν κνῶ, τὸ κόπτω, γίνεσθαι λέγεται); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 528 (Κονία: Κόνις, μάχη. Παρὰ τὸ κονῶ, κόνις κόνιος, καὶ κονία, ὡς Κύπρος Κύπριος, Κυπρία. Ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς κινήσεως, κίνις τὶς οὖσα καὶ κόνις. Ἢ ἐκ τοῦ καίνω, τὸ κόπτω καὶ διαφθείρω, ἡ εἰς μικρὰ κεκομμένη γῆ καὶ τετμημένη· δηλοῖ γὰρ τὴν εἰς λεπτομερῆ οὐσίαν χωρήσασαν γῆν. Ἢ ἐκ τοῦ καίνω γίνεται κατὰ συγκοπὴν κνῶ, τὸ ξύω· ὅθεν καὶ κνῆμι παράγωγον· ἐξ οὗ τὸ, ‘κνῆ τυρόν’. Ἐκ τοῦ κνῶ οὖν, τὸ διακόπτω, γίνεται κνίς· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ο, κόνις· ἀπὸ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ξυσμάτων)' Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, kappa, p. 1236 (Κόνις. παρὰ τὸ καίνω, τὸ διακόπτω καὶ διαφθείρω. ἡ εἰς μικρὰ κατακεκομμένη γῆ)
Comment
Derivational etymology, which provides as the etymon of the lemma what is the etymon of the etymon. This etymology goes back to Herodian, who posits the derivation as follows: καίνω → κνάω → *κνίς → κόνις (see κόνις / κνάω). In the Gudianum, the second etymology is Herodian's, the first one was taken from an abbreviated version skipping the intermediate step, such as the Suda's.