ἄω1

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Word-form

ἠϊόνας

Word-lemma

LSJ

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Word)

ēïōn

English translation (word)

shore

Transliteration (Etymon)

aō

English translation (etymon)

to blow

Author

Scholia in Oppianum

Source

idem

Ref.

Scholia et glossae in Halieutica 3.123

Ed.

U.C. Bussemaker, Scholia et paraphrases in Nicandrum et Oppianum in Scholia in Theocritum (ed. F. Dübner), Paris: Didot, 1849

Quotation

ἠϊόνας· ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄω τὸ πνέω, οἱ τοῖς ἀνέμοις καταπνεόμενοι, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀΐω τὸ ἀκούω·

Translation (En)

ēïonas "shores": either from aō "to blow", the ones blown by the winds, or from aïō "to hear"

Comment

Derivational etymology. The wind is usually stronger on the seashore than inland. Therefore, the seashore is etymologized by reference to this characteristic

Parallels

The etymology may be implicit in Quintus' Posthomerica 11.232 (ὦσεν ἀπ’ ἠιόνων Βορέου ἔτι βαιὸν ἀέντος)

Modern etymology

Unknown (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

No

Entry By

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