εἶμι
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Ἠϊόνα. Αἰγιαλόν. Οὕτω δὲ καλεῖται ὁ παραθαλάσσιος καὶ ὁδεύσιμος τόπος. παρὰ τὸ ἰέναι.
Translation (En)
ēïona "shore". This is how is called the place on which we can walk along the sea. From ienai "to go"
Parallels
Orion, Etymologicum, eta, p. 67 (Ἠϊόνα. Αἰγιαλόν. Οὕτω δὲ καλεῖται ὁ παραθαλάσσιος καὶ ὁδεύσιμος τόπος. παρὰ τὸ ἰέναι); Etym. Gudianum, eta, p.238 (Ἠϊόνα καὶ ᾐόνα, αἰγιαλὸν ἢ ὄχθην. οὕτω γὰρ καλεῖται ὁ παραθαλάσσιος καὶ ὁδεύσιμος τόπος. παρὰ τὸ ἰέναι); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 422-423 (Ἠϊών: Ὁ αἰγιάλος· παρὰ τὸ ἀΐειν, τὸ ἀκούειν. Ἐκ τοῦ ἀΐω οὖν γίνεται ἠϊὼν, ἡ ἐξακουομένη τοῖς κύμασιν· οἷον, ‘Ἠϊόνες βοόωσιν ἐρευγομένης ἁλὸς ἔξω’. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ καταιονᾶσθαι παρὰ τῶν κυμάτων, τουτέστι καταντλεῖσθαι καὶ καταβρέχεσθαι· αἰονήματα δὲ τὰ καταντλήματα φασὶν οἱ Ἀττικοί. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἴω, ἐφ’ ᾧ ἐστιν ἰέναι ἐξ ἁλὸς, ἢ εἰσιέναι. Λυκόφρων,‘ Ἵππων φριμαγμὸν ἠϊόνες δεδεγμένοι’. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ εἴω ῥῆμα, εἰς ὃν προτρέχει ἡ θάλασσα. Ἢ ἠϊόνας, τοὺς μὴ πετρώδεις, ἀλλὰ τοὺς διοδευομένους, δι’ ὧν ἐστιν εὐχερῶς ἵεσθαι. Ἠϊὼν οὖν τὸ βάσιμον μέρος τῆς θαλάσσης. Λέγονται καὶ τὰ ὑποκάτω τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, διὰ τὸ δι’ αὐτῶν φέρεσθαι τὰ δάκρυα, ὡς καὶ τὰ τῶν αἰγιαλῶν κύματα); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, eta, p. 982 (Ἠϊόνα. αἰγιαλόν. ἡ ὀρθὴ ὁ ἠϊὼν, παρὰ τὸ ἀΐειν, τὸ ἀκούειν. ὅ ἐστιν ὁ ἐξακουόμενος τοῖς κύμασιν. ἢ παρὰ τὸ καταιονᾶσθαι καὶ βρέχεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων. καὶ ἠϊὼν τὸ βάσιμον μέρος τῆς θαλάσσης. λέγει δὲ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν καὶ τὴν ὄχθην [elliptic etymology, the etymon εἶμι is to be deduced from βἀσιμον μέρος])
Comment
Derivational etymology. The shore is the place where it is possible to walk, as opposed to the sea. Orion has a slightly different explanation, assuming that the shore is the place where you go out of the sea. From the formal point of view, this etymology relies on the imperfect forms of εἶμι: Hom. ἤϊα, ἤΐε. The imperfect is seldom taken as a starting point. However, here it could provide the beginning of the lemma /ēï/