δράω 1
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Δραθεῖν. τὸ κοιμᾶσθαι. δρήθω, β ἀόριστον ἔδραθον, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔδαρθον. ἐστὶ δὲ κατ’ ‹ἀ›ντίθεσιν. δρῶ γὰρ τὸ ἐνεργῶ, οὗ παράγωγον δρήθω. οἱ γὰρ κοιμώμενοι οὐδὲν ἐνεργοῦσι
Translation (En)
Dratheîn "to sleep". There is a verb *drēthō, the second aorist of which is edrathon, from edarthon. It is by opposition: drô means "to be active", and its derivative is *drēthō. Because those who sleep are not active at all
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, delta p. 335 (Δαρθεῖν καὶ καταδαρθεῖν· παρὰ τὸ δρῶ ἔδραθον καὶ <ἔδαρθον>. κατὰ ἀντίφρασιν δὲ λέγεται ἀντὶ τοῦ μηδὲν δρᾶν); Etym. Gudianum, alpha p. 168 (Ἀποδαρθεῖν· "μήτ’ ἄρτον αἱρεῖσθαι μήτ’ ἀποδαρθεῖν", τουτέστι κοιμηθῆναι. ἔστι ῥῆμα δρήθω, ὁ δεύτερος ἀόριστος ἔδραθον, Ἀττικῶς ἔδαρθον, τὸ ἀπαρέμφατον δαρθεῖν. κατὰ ἀντίφρασιν· δρῶ γὰρ τὸ ἐνεργῶ, οὗ παράγωγον δρήθω· οἱ δὲ κοιμώμενοι οὐδὲν ἐνεργοῦσι); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges p. 126 (id. for ἀποδαρθεῖν); Etym. Symeonis, delta 345 (Δραθεῖν καὶ δραθέειν· σημαίνει κατ’ ἀντίφρασιν τὸ κοιμᾶσθαι· γέγονε οὖν παρὰ τὸ δρῶ, τὸ ἐνεργῶ· ἐξ οὗ παράγωγον ῥῆμα δρήθω, ὁ μέλλων δρήσω, ἔδρησα, ὁ δεύτερος ἀόριστος ἔδραθον, ὁ μέλλων δεύτερος δραθῶ, καὶ τὸ ἀπαρέμφατον δραθεῖν, καὶ κατὰ διάλυσιν τῆς ει δραθέειν· οἱ γὰρ κοιμώμενοι οὐδὲν ἐνεργοῦσιν)
Comment
Etymology a contrario (enantiosemy): the word gets its form from what it does not mean. This etymology starts from the aorist ἔδραθον, δραθεῖν, displaying a sequence [dra] which is closer to δράω than the present stem δαρθάνω (Orion mentions the metathesis ἔδραθον / ἔδαρθον to make the relationship between present and aorist clear). The adjunction of ‹θ› is not commented upon