ἄνω + θέω
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ἄνηθον, παρὰ τὸ ἄνω θεῖν διὰ τὴν ἐν τάχει αὔξησιν
Translation (En)
Dill (anēthon): from the fact that it runs (theîn) upwards (anō) because of its fast growth
Parallels
Etym. Genuinum, alpha 874 (idem); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges p. 107 (idem); Orion, Etymologicum (excerpta e cod. Vat. gr. 1456) 28 (Ἄνηθον: διὰ τὸ ἄνω θεῖν. [ἢ] διὰ τὴν ἐν τάχει αὔξησιν [the ἤ was added by the abbreviator]); Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 143 (idem, with the superfluous ἤ); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 56 (ἄνηθον· παρὰ τὸ ἄνω θεῖν); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, alpha, p. 191 (idem); Doxopatres, Prolegomena in Aphthonii progymnasmata vol. 14, p. 154 (ἢ ὅτι, ὥσπερ πολλῶν οὐσῶν βοτανῶν τῶν εἰς τὸ ἄνω θεουσῶν μόνον τὸ ἄνηθον παρὰ τὸ ἄνω θεῖν κατ’ Ὠρίωνα παρωνόμασται, οὕτω καὶ πολλῶν ὄντων τῶν λόγων τῶν λεγομένων μόνος ὁ κατὰ φύσιν ψευδὴς ἀπὸ τοῦ μυθεῖσθαι παρωνόμασται); Scholia in Aristophanes, Comm. in Nubes (scholia recentiozra Tzetzae) 982 (ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄνω θέειν); Scholia in Theocritum 7.63 (τινὲς δὲ καὶ πᾶν ἄνθος ἄνηθον παρὰ τὸ ἄνω θέειν [the order should be reversed: the correct order is ἄνηθον παρὰ τὸ ἄνω θέειν. τινὲς δὲ καὶ πᾶν ἄνθος])
Comment
This etymology is identical with the etymology provided for ἄνθος "flower" (see ἄνθος / ἄνω + θέω). The combination "to run upwards" is supposed to give the name of a specific plant as well as the generic word for "flower". For the theoretical implications about the dissymmetrical character of the relationship between lemma and etymon, see the notice on ἄνθος. This dissymmetry is also noticed by the 11th c. writer Doxopatres (see Parallels) who uses it as a justification of a the etymology he provides for another word