ἀρνέομαι
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Ἀναίνετο Σ 500· ‘ὁ δ’ ἀναίνετο μηδὲν ἑλέσθαι’, ἀπηρνεῖτο. ὥσπερ παρὰ τὸ λιπῶ λιπαίνω καὶ ὁρμῶ ὁρμαίνω, ὑφῶ ὑφαίνω, οὕτως καὶ παρὰ τὸ ἀρνῶ, ἐξ οὗ τὸ ἀρνοῦμαι, γίνεται ἀρναίνω· καὶ ἐνδείᾳ τοῦ ρ ἀναίνω ἀναίνομαι, ὡς σκηπτροῦχος σκηπτοῦχος. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ναί ἐπίρρημα ναίνω καὶ ἀναίνω· ἢ παρὰ τὸ αἰνῶ καὶ ἀναίνω, τὸ οὐκ ἐπαινῶ, οὐ συγκατατίθεμαι, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ν. Μεθόδιος
Translation (En)
Anaineto "he refused", Il. 18.500 "he refused to accept anything", he denied. As from lipō comes lipainō "to leave" and from hormô hormainō "to set in motion" and from *huphō huphainō "to weave", similarly from arnô, from which comes arnoumai "I deny", is derived *arnainō. And through loss of the [r], anainō, anainomai, as in *skēptroukhos skēptoukhos "holding the sceptre". Or from the adverb nai "yes, indeed", *nainō and anainō. Or from ainō "to praise", and anainō "to praise not", to disagree, through the addition of the [n]. This is what Methodius says
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 101 (idem); Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 131 (Ἀναίνετο· παρὰ τὸ ἀρνῶ, <ἐξ οὗ τὸ> ἀρνοῦμαι, ἀρναίνω, <καὶ ἐνδείᾳ τοῦ ρ ἀναίνω καὶ ἀναίνομαι>· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ναί ἐπίρρημα ναίνω καὶ ἀναίνω· ἢ παρὰ τὸ αἰνῶ, τὸ ἐπαινῶ, <ἀναίνω>, τουτέστι τὸ οὐκ ἐπαινῶ, μετὰ τοῦ στερητικοῦ α. καὶ εἰς τὸ Ἀπηνήνατο); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 31 (ἀναίνετο (Σ 500)· ἀπηρνεῖτο· ὥσπερ παρὰ τὸ λιπῶ λιπαίνω καὶ ὁρμῶ ὁρμαίνω <καὶ> ὑφῶ ὑφαίνω, οὕτως καὶ παρὰ τὸ ἀρνῶ, ἐξ οὗ καὶ τὸ ἀρνοῦμαι, ἀναίνομαι. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ναὶ ἀναίνω. ἢ παρὰ τὸ αἰνῶ καὶ ἐπαινῶ καὶ οὐ συγκατατίθεμαι); Lexicon αἱμωδεῖν, alpha 66 (ἀναίνετο (Σ 500): παρὰ τὸ ἀρνῶ ἀρνοῦμαι ἀρναίνω <καὶ ἐνδείᾳ τοῦ ρ ἀναίνω>. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ναί ἐπίρρημα ναίνω καὶ ἀναίνω. ἢ παρὰ τὸ αἰνῶ, τὸ ἐπαινῶ, <ἀναίνω>, τουτέστι τὸ οὐκ ἐπαινῶ, μετὰ τοῦ στερητικοῦ α); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, alpha, p. 203 (Ἀναίνεται. παραιτεῖται, ἀρνεῖται. [ὥσπερ παρὰ τὸ λιπῶ λιπαίνω, καὶ ὁρμῶ ὁρμαίνω, καὶ ὑφῶ ὑφαίνω, οὕτω καὶ παρὰ τὸ ἀρνῶ ἀρναίνω, καὶ ἐνδείᾳ τοῦ ρ ἀναίνω, ἀναίνομαι. ἢ παρὰ τὸ αἰνῶ, τὸ ἐπαινῶ, ἀναίνω, τὸ οὐκ ἐπαινῶ, καὶ οὐ συγκατατίθεμαι]); ibid., alpha, p. 214 (idem)
Comment
Paronymic etymology deriving the archaic verb from a synonym which is the usual word in Classical Greek, ἀρνέομαι, through a formal derivation accounting for the suffix -αίνω (backed by several parallels) and implying a formal manipulation, the loss of a consonant, there again backed by a parallel (very remote). The segmentation is ἀ(ρ)ν-αίνομαι with ἀ(ρ)ν- the root and -αίνομαι the suffix. The etymology is semantically clear as the etymon and the lemma have the same meaning