αὔω
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Ἀπολλώνιος δὲ παρὰ τὸ αὔω, τὸ φωνῶ, <αὐτή>, ὅπερ ἐν διαιρέσει λέγεται ἀϋτή καὶ τροπῇ αὐδή
Translation (En)
Apollonius says it comes from auō "to cry out", autē, which through diaeresis is pronounced aütē "clamour", and through a change <of consonant> audē "voice"
Parallels
Epimerismi Homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, alpha 21 (ἀϋτῆς (Β 97): παρὰ τὸ αὔω, τὸ φωνῶ); Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 235 (idem); Etym. Genuinum, alpha 1427 (Ἀϋτή Β 153· βοή. εἴρηται παρὰ τὸ αὐδῶ αὐδή ἀϋδή καὶ τροπῇ ἀϋτή, ὡς ἐν τῷ μελετῶναι μελεδῶναι· παρὰ γὰρ τὸ μελέτη, μελέτη γὰρ ἡ φροντίς. ἢ παρὰ τὸ αὔω, τὸ φωνῶ, γίνεται αὐτή καὶ ἀϋτή); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, alpha, p. 231 (same formulation as Etym. Genuinum alpha 1387); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 168 (idem); Eustathius, Comm. Il. 1, 216 Van der Valk (Ἀϋτὴ δὲ ἡ βοὴ παρὰ τὸ αὔω, τὸ φωνῶ); ibid. 1, 377 (ὥσπερ καὶ ἀϋτή ἐκ τοῦ αὔω τὸ βοῶ); ibid. 3, 234-235 (Τοῦ δὲ «αὔειν», ὅ ἐστι φωνεῖν, ἡ διάλυσις, ἤγουν τὸ ἀΰειν, ἐξ οὗ ἡ ἀϋτή); ibid. 4, 365 (Τὸ δὲ ἀϋτεῖν τῆς τοῦ αὔειν πρωτοτυπίας ἔχεται. αὔω γάρ, καὶ διαλύσει ἀΰω, ἐξ οὗ ἀϋτή, ὅθεν τὸ ἀϋτῶ)
Comment
This is the correct etymology according to modern linguists. The noun is derived from the verb