χάζω
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
χάος
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
khaos
English translation (word)
chaos
Transliteration (Etymon)
khazomai
English translation (etymon)
to move backward
Century
varia
Source
Idem
Ref.
Scholia in Theogoniam 116c
Ed.
L. di Gregorio, Scholia vetera in Hesiodi theogoniam, Milan: Società editrice "Vita e pensiero", 1975
Quotation
οἱ δὲ εἰρῆσθαί φασι χάος παρὰ τὸ χεῖσθαι· οἱ δὲ παρὰ τὸ χαδεῖν, ὅ ἐστι χωρεῖν
Translation (En)
Some say chaos (khaos) comes from kheisthai "to be poured"; others, from khadeîn "to move backward", that is, to give way
Modern etymology
Probably derived from the root found in χάσκω "to gape" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
Yes
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
This is a variant of Philoxenus' etymology (see χάος / χῶ), which provides a source for the [a] of χάος