πελάζω
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Τὸ δὲ πλῶ ἐκ τοῦ πέλω, ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸ πελάζω καὶ τὸ πέλας, ὡς κέλω κλῶ. παρὰ τὸ πλῶ πλήν καὶ ἔμπλην (σημαίνει τὸ ἐγγύς)· ‘Βοιωτῶν δ{ε}’ ἔμπλην ἐπ’ ἀριστερά’ (Β 526). τὸ δὲ ἁπλοῦν τὸ πλήν, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ χωρίς, κατὰ ἀντίφρασιν ἐξηνέχθη
Translation (En)
The verb *plō comes from *pelō "to come near", from which also come pelazō "to approach" and pelas "near", as from kelō, klō. From plō are derived plēn and emplēn (which means "close to") : "next to the Boeotian's (ships) on the left" (‘Boiōtōn d'emplēn ep'aristera’ Il. 2.526). And the simplex plēn, which means "except", was derived by antiphrasis
Parallels
Suda, epsilon 1031 (Ἔμπλην: ἐπλησίαζον. ἔστι ῥῆμα πλῶ, τὸ πλησιάζω, παράγωγον πλῆμι, ὁ βʹ ἀόριστος ἔπλην. […] παρὰ δὲ τὸ πλῶ πλήν, καὶ μετὰ τῆς ἐν προθέσεως ἔμπλην, ἐπίρρημα σημαντικὸν τοῦ πλησίον. τὸ δὲ πλήν, τὸ χωρίς, κατ’ ἀντίφρασιν ἐξηνέχθη); Etym. Gudianum, pi, p. 470 (Πλὴν, ἐπίῤῥημα χωριστικὸν, κατ’ ἀντίφρασιν ἀπὸ τοῦ πλῶ τὸ πλησιάζω· καὶ ὅμως ἔστι καὶ ἐπίῤῥημα τάξεως, καὶ σημαίνει τὸ χωρίς); ibid., p. 471 (Πλῶ, εἰς τὸ πιμπλῶ, καὶ πίπτω, καὶ πλὴν, καὶ πλήρης); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 676 (Πλήν: Τὸ χωριστικὸν ἐπίρρημα. Εἴρηται δὲ κατὰ ἀντίφρασιν ἀπὸ τοῦ πλῶ· τοῦτο δὲ, ἀπὸ τοῦ πέλω, τὸ πλησιάζω, κατὰ συγκοπὴν σημαίνει τὸ χωρίς· σημαίνει καὶ τὸ ὅμως. Ἔστι δὲ ἐπίρρημα τάξεως)
Comment
Correct derivational etymology, except that the verb *πέλω does not exist. Πλήν indeed belongs with πελάζω "to approach", πέλας "near". The derivation relies on the usual assumptions of Greek etymologists: from *πέλω, the assumed prototype of πελάζω, a monosyllabic form πλῶis obtained by syncope; which provides the suitable form for the etymology. The Maning is explained as antiphrastic: πλήν means "except", therefore "away", which is the opposite of "near"