τρέχω
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Etymon-lemma
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Quotation
καὶ τράχηλος μὲν λέγεται, ἀπὸ τῆς τραχύτητος τῶν ἐκεῖσε ὀστῶν· ὀστῶδες γὰρ τὸ μέρος τοῦτο· ἢ παρὰ τὸ δι’ αὐτοῦ ῥεῖν, ἤτοι τρέχειν τὴν τροφήν· οἷον τρόχαλος
Translation (En)
And it is called trakhēlos "neck" from the fact that the bones in it are rough, because this part is bonelike. Or from the fact that food flows through it, that is, runs (trekhein), as it were a *trokhalos
Parallels
Leo Medicus, De natura hominum synopsis 58 (τράχηλος ἐκ τοῦ τρέχειν τὴν τροφὴν οἷον τρόχιλος); Etym. Gudianum, tau, p. 533 (Τράχηλος, παρὰ τὴν τῶν ὀστρέων τραχύτητα, ὀστῶδες γὰρ τὸ μέρος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ δι’ αὐτοῦ τρέχειν τὴν τροφὴν, τρόχαλος καὶ τράχηλος. ἢ τράχηλος παρὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐξ ὀστέων τραχηλέων, καὶ οὐ σκληρῶν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 764 (Τράχηλος: Παρὰ τὴν τραχύτητα· ὀστῶδες γὰρ τὸ μέρος τοῦτο· ἢ παρὰ τὸ δι’ αὐτοῦ τρέχειν τὴν τροφὴν, οἷον τρόχαλος. Ἢ ὅτι τῆς ῥάχεως ὅλος ἐστὶ τράχηλος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ τραχὺς καὶ τὸ ἧλος, ὁ τραχεῖς ἥλους ἔχων. Ὅτε δέ φησιν Ὅμηρος, ‘ἁπαλοῖο δι’ αὐχένος’, κατ’ ἀντίφρασιν λέγει. Οὕτως Ὦρος)
Comment
This etymology comes from Orion, source of both Meletius and the Byzantine Etymologica, although it is not preserved in our manuscript of Orion. It may ultimately come from Soranus (fr. 237 Scheele).