νείφω
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φιάλη: διὰ τοῦ ι· παρὰ γὰρ τὸ πίω πιάλη ὡς νείφω νεφέλη καὶ φιάλη ἢ παρὰ τὸ πίω καὶ τὸ ἅλις, ἀφ’ ἧς ἐστι πιεῖν ἅλις τουτέστιν ἀθρόως διὰ τὸ ἐξεπληρῶσθαι
Translation (En)
Phialē "cup", with an [I]. Because it comes from piō, *pialē, as neiphō "to snow", nephelē "cloud", and phialē, or from piō and halis, from which it is possible to drink enough, that is, in quantity because it is filled.
Parallels
Theognostus, Canones sive De orthographia, p. 509 (Νεφέλη τὸ νε ψιλόν· παρὰ γὰρ τὸ νείφω νεφέλη, ὡς καὶ ἄγω ἀγέλη, διὸ τὰ παρ’ αὐτὸ διὰ τοῦ ε ψιλοῦ· ἀνέφελος· πολυνέφελος); Choeroboscus, Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 127 (Νεφέλη παρὰ τὸ νείφω τὸ χιονίζω); ibid., p. 183 (παρὰ τὸ νείφω τὸ βρέχω); Choeroboscus, De orthographia (epitome), p. 275 (Φιάλη: Διὰ τοῦ ι· †πὶν γὰρ σιάλη ὡς νείφω, νεφέλη· ἀφ’ ἧς ἐστιν εἰπεῖν **αλες τουτέστιν ἀθροῦν διὰ τὸ ἐξηπλῶσθαι); Etym. Parvum, nu 5 (παρὰ τὸ νίφω τὸ χιονίζω); Eustathius, Comm. Il. 1, 196 Van der Valk (τοῦ δὲ νέφω, εἰ καὶ μὴ ἔστι χρῆσις, ἀλλὰ δοκεῖ ὅμως πρωτότυπον αὐτὸ εἶναι τοῦ νείφω, ὡς ὑποδηλοῖ καὶ τὸ ἐξ αὐτοῦ νέφος καὶ ἡ νεφέλη) = Herodian, Peri rhēmatōn, Lentz III/2, p. 795-796; Scholia recentiora in Aristophanem, Nubes 252b (νεφέλη ἐτυμολογεῖται παρὰ τὸ νᾶμα ἐφέλκειν ἐκ τῆς ἁλός, ἢ ⸢ἀπὸ τοῦ νε στερητικοῦ μορίου καὶ τοῦ φάος, τὸ φῶς, Reg ἡ ἐστερημένη φωτός ⸢παρὰ τὸ ** Chis, ἢ παρὰ τὸ νίφω τὸ βρέχω)
Comment
Derivation implying a formal manipulation, the loss of [i], as between νείφω and νέφος (see νέφος / νείφω). The end of the word is understood as a suffix. The cloud is etymologized as that which produces snow.