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Δέμνια· ἐγκοίτια στρώματα. ἀπὸ τοῦ δέμας εἰς αὐτὰ μένειν δέμνιον· ἢ παρὰ τὸ δέμω δέμνιον ὡς παίζω παίγνιον, τὸ εἰς σώματος ἀνάπαυσιν ᾠκοδομημένον· ἢ συνδεθέν· ἢ παρὰ τὸ δεδεσμῆσθαι ἡμᾶς κοιμωμένους μηδὲν πράττοντας
Translation (En)
Demnia "bedstead": the mattress in the bed, from the fact that the body (demas) remains in them, hence demnion; or from demō "to build", one derives demnion, as from paizō "to play" one derives paignion "toy", that which is built for the relaxation of the body ; or that which is bound (sundethen) ; or from the fact that we are chained (dedesmēsthai) when we are in bed, doing nothing
Parallels
Etym. magnum, Kallierges p. 255 (Ἢ ὡς παίζω παίγνιον, οὕτως δέμω δέμνιον, τὸ εἰς σώματος ἀνάπαυσιν οἰκοδομηθὲν, ἢ συνδεθέν); Etym. Symeonis, delta 123 (Δέμνια· ἐγκοίτια στρώματα· ἀπὸ τοῦτο δέμας ἐπ’ αὐτὰ μένειν δέμνιον, ἢ παρὰ τὸ δέμω δέμνιον, ὡς παίζω παίγνιον· τὸ εἰς σώματος ἀνάπαυσιν ᾠκοδομημένον ἢ συνδεθέν)
Comment
Paronymic etymology, which has found advocates among modern scholars although it is probably not correct