ἀ- + ναί
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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 lipô comes lipainō "to leave" and from hormô hormainō "to set in motion" and from *huphô 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
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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); ibid., alpha, p. 164-165 (σημαίνει δὲ τὸ ἀπαγορεύω τὸ ἀπαναίνομαι, ὅ ἐστιν ἀρνοῦμαι· τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ ναί ἐπιρρήματος, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ναίνω, καὶ μετὰ τοῦ στερητικοῦ α ἀναίνω, τὸ ἀπαρνοῦμαι, καὶ μετὰ τῆς ἀπό προθέσεως ἀπαναίνω. καὶ εἰς τὸ Ἀπηνήνατο [ἐκ τούτου οὖν τὸ ἀπαγορεύω]); ibid., alpha, p. 165 (Ἀπηνήνατο· ἔστιν ἐπίρρημα συγκαταθέσεως ναί, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ γίνεται ῥῆμα ναίνω, καὶ μετὰ τοῦ στερητικοῦ α ἀναίνω, τὸ ἀπαρνοῦμαι, καὶ ὁ πρῶτος ἀόριστος ἐνεργητικὸς ἤνηνα, καὶ ὁ μέσος ἠνηνάμην, ἠνήνατο, καὶ μετὰ τῆς ἀπό προθέσεως ἀπηνήνατο); Eustathius, Comm. Il. 2, 413 Van der Valk (Τὸ δὲ ἀνήνασθαι δηλοῖ μὲν τὸ ἀρνήσασθαι, γίνεται δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀναίνω. αὐτὸ δὲ κατὰ μέν τινας ἀπὸ τοῦ α στερητικοῦ καὶ τοῦ ναι, ἵνα εἴη ἀναίνεσθαι τὸ μὴ διὰ τοῦ ναι ἐπιρρήματος κατατίθεσθαι. κατὰ δὲ ἑτέρους ἀπὸ τῆς α στερήσεως καὶ τοῦ αἶνος, ὃ δηλοῖ τὴν συγκατάθεσιν); 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)
Comment
The verb is parsed as a privative compound of ναί "yes", meaning literally "to not-yes", implying a delocutive verb *ναίνω "to say yes" meaning "to agree, to grant". In the segmentation ἀ-ναί-ομαι, the second [n] is apparently considered as a derivation suffix.