ἐντός + ῥέω
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Ἔντερα. ἀπὸ τοῦ δι’ αὐτῶν ῥεῖν τὴν τροφὴν καὶ τὸ αὐτῆς περίττωμα· ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰλοῦσθαι· οἷον ἔντελα τὰ ἐντὸς εἰλούμενα. οὕτως Σωρανός.
Translation (En)
Entera "intestine": from the fact that food flows (rheîn) through them as well as the surplus of it. Or from "to wind", the *entela, as it were, that which is winding (eiloumenon) inside (entos). This is what Soranus says
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Anastasius Sin., Viae dux 2.8. (ἔντερα διὰ τὸ τὰ ἐντὸς ῥεῖν); Leo Medicus, De natura hominum synopsis 72 (ἔντερα δὲ λέγεται ἀπὸ τοῦ εἱλεῖσθαι, οἷον ἔντελα, τὰ ἐντὸς εἱλούμενα, ἢ δι’ αὐτῶν ῥεῖν τὰ τῆς τροφῆς περισσά); Suda, epsilon 1461 (Ἔντερον: ἕτερον, καὶ οὐχ ὅμοιον. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἐντὸς ῥεῖν); Joannes Mauropus, Etymologica nominum 249 (Ἐντὸς ῥέουσιν ἔντερα κεκλημένα); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 480 (Ὠρίωνος. Ἔντερα· παρὰ τὸ δι’ αὐτῶν ῥεῖν τὴν τροφήν· ἢ διὰ τὸ ἐντὸς ῥεῖν· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἐντὸς εἰλεῖσθαι, ἔντελόν τι ὄν, τὸ ἐντὸς εἰλούμενον); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 310 (Ἔντερα: Οἱονεὶ ἐνδότερά τινα ὄντα· ἀπὸ τοῦ δι’ αὐτῶν ῥεῖν τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς τροφῆς περιττώματα· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἔνδον εἰλεῖσθαι); ibid., p. 344 (Ἔντερα: Διὰ τὸ ἐντὸς ῥεῖν, ἔντερα); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, epsilon, p. 738 (Ἔντερον. ἕτερον καὶ οὐχ ὅμοιον. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ῥεῖν ἐντός)
Comment
This compositional etymology, also found in Anastasius and Leo, may come from Soranus as the other etymology by ἐντός + εἰλέω. The word is parsed as a compound, which is Soranus' usual way of etymologizing. The etymology requires almost no formal manipulation. The intestine is the duct through which food, in a liquid form (hence ῥέω), passes through the body. The first etymon, ἐντός, is not mentioned, as obvious.