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Herodian, Peri Pathôn, Lentz III/2, p. 291 (Λύπη. παρὰ τὸ λύειν εἰς δάκρυα τοὺς ὦπας, λυωπή τις οὖσα. ἢ διὰ τὸ λυμαίνεσθαι δι’ αὐτῶν τοὺς ὦπας. οὕτω Σωρανός. ὁ δὲ Ἡρωδιανὸς φησὶ παρὰ τὸ λύω λύη καὶ λύπη); Iamblichus, De mysteriis 1.10 (τί δὲ τῆς εἰς φθορὰν ἀγούσης λύπης ἢ διαλυούσης τὴν τοῦ σώματος ἁρμονίαν μετέχει); Orion, Etymologicum (excerpta e cod. regio Paris. 2630) p. 187 (Λύπη· παρὰ τὸ λύειν τοὺς ὦπας, ἤγουν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς· ἢ παρὰ τὸ λύω λύη, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ π λύπη. οὕτως Ἡρωδιανός); Orion, Etymologicum (excerpta e cod. Darmstadino 2773), kappa p. 614 (λύπη, παρὰ τὸ λύειν· λύσις γὰρ ψυχῆς τὸ πάθος); Meletius, De natura hominis p. 43 (παράγεται δὲ λύπη παρὰ τὸ λύειν τοὺς ὦπας εἰς δάκρυα, καὶ λυμαίνεσθαι τούτους· λυώπη τίς οὖσα· λύσις γὰρ τῆς ψυχῆς ἐστὶ τὸ πάθος τὸ λυπηρόν); Leo Medicus, De natura hominum synopsis 18 (παρὰ τὸ λυώπη· λύει γὰρ εἰς δάκρυα τοὺς ὦπας); Etym. Gudianum, lambda, p. 374 (Λύπη λῦσις τις οὖσα ψυχῆς· καί τι μετέχει ἐκ τοῦ λύω; λῦσις γὰρ τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ πάθος, λυπηρὸν γάρ. | Λύπη παρὰ τὸ λύω λύη, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ π λύπη); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges p. 571 (Λύπη: Παρὰ τὸ λύειν εἰς δάκρυα τοὺς ὦπας, λυώπη τὶς οὖσα· ἢ διὰ τὸ λυμαίνεσθαι δι’ αὐτῶν τοὺς ὦπας. Οὕτω Σωρανός· ὁ δὲ Ἡρωδιανὸς παρὰ τὸ λύω, λύη· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ π, λύπη· λύσις γὰρ ψυχῆς τὸ πάθος τὸ λυπηρόν)
Comment
This is an etymology by derivation: the mechanism is implicit in Plato, but explicit in Herodian (see Parallels). It implies one formal manipulation, the insertion of a [p]. The etymon, λύω, is explicit in Herodian, not in the Cratylus where it must be abstracted from διάλυσις. From the semantic point of view, it is descriptive: pains destroy metaphorically the soul, so that the noun is etymologized after its consequence