εἰμί
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἤϊα
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
ēïa
English translation (word)
provisions for a journey
Transliteration (Etymon)
eimi
English translation (etymon)
to be
Century
12 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Comm. Il., vol. 3, p. 446
Ed.
M. van der Valk, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, Leiden, 1971-1987
Quotation
ῥητέον δὲ καὶ νῦν ὅτι τὰς τροφὰς ἤϊα λέγει ὁ ποιητὴς παρὰ τὸ εἴω, τὸ πορεύομαι, τὰ αἴτια τοῦ ζῆν καὶ προϊέναι, ὡς διϊκνούμενα ὅλου τοῦ σώματος […]. Καὶ ἄλλως δέ, ἤϊα τὰ βρώματα παρὰ τὸ ἔω, τὸ ὑπάρχω, ὡς αἴτια τοῦ εἶναι
Translation (En)
One must say here, too, that Homer calls the food ēïa, from eiō "to go", as the causes of our life and motion, when they are distributed to the whole body. […] And another etymology: ēïa "food" comes from eō "to be", as the causes of our existence
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology. It is commonplace that words having an etymology by εἶμι "to go" also have a competing one by εἰμί "to be", and this is the case here, too. The provisions, as food in general, are necessary to sustain life. For the formal aspect of the etymology, see ἤϊα / εἶμι