θοόω
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Etymon-lemma
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Quotation
(Theodoridis) θήγω· τὸ ἀκονῶ. ἔλλειψις τοῦ ο· παρὰ τὸ θοῶ θοήγω καὶ θήγω.
(Orion, Sturz) Θήγω. ἔκλειψις τοῦ θ. παρὰ τὸ θέην, θεήγω, καὶ θήγω
Translation (En)
Thēgō "to sharpen". By dropping of the /o/, from thoō "to make sharp", *thoēgō and thēgō
Parallels
Philoxenus, fr. 661b** (θήγω· τὸ ἀκονῶ. παρὰ τὸ θοῶ θοήγω καὶ θήγω, τουτέστι {τὸ} θοὸν καὶ ὀξὺ ποιῶ. Ὅμηρος (ι 327)· „ἐγὼ δ’ ἐθόωσα παραστάς“); Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, alpha 262 (ὡς τὸ θοῶ, τὸ ὀξύνω, τρίτης συζυγίας, ‘ἐγὼ δ’ ἐθόωσα παραστάς’ (ι 327)· ἐκ τοῦ θοῶ θοήσω καὶ θήγω ἐν συγκοπῇ); Etym. Gudianum, theta, p. 262 (Θήγη, ἡ ἀκόνη, καὶ θήγω τὸ ἀκονῶ. ἔλλειψις τοῦ ὁ παρὰ τὸ θοῦν, θοήγω καὶ θήγω); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 450 (θηγάνει: ὀξύνει, ἀκονᾷ· γίνεται ἀπὸ τοῦ θήγω, θηγάνω, ὡς παρὰ τὸ ἥδω, ἁνδάνω· πήθω, πανθάνω· μήθω, μανθάνω· καὶ δήκω, δαγκάνω. Τὸ δὲ θήγω, τὸ ἀκονῶ, παρὰ τὸ θοῶ, θοήγω, καὶ θήγω, τουτέστι τὸ θοὸν καὶ ὀξὺ ποιῶ· ‘ἐγὼ δ’ ἐθόωσα παραστάς’); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, theta, p. 1043 (Θήγω. τὸ ἀκονῶ. παρὰ τὸ θοῶ θηήγω καὶ θήγω, τουτέστι θοὸν καὶ ὀξὺν ποιῶ. Ὅμηρος· ‘ἐγὼ δ’ ἐθόωσα παραστάς’)
Comment
Derivational etymology attempting to bridge the gap between two synonymous verbs meaning "to make sharp" and starting with /th/. The derivation is ad hoc: the addition of a vowel (that of the lemma) is compensated by the loss of another vowel (that of the etymon).