αἴρω
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Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
English translation (word)
Transliteration (Etymon)
English translation (etymon)
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Quotation
Ἀρνεῖσθαι, ἀπὸ τοῦ αἴρεσθαι τὰς χεῖρας ἐπὶ παραιτήσει
Translation (En)
Arneisthai "to deny", from the fact that one raises (airesthai) the hand in refusal
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, alpha, p. 202 (idem); Orion, Etymologicum (excerpta e cod. Vat. gr. 1456) 30 (Ἀρνεῖσθαι: διὰ τὸ αἴρεσθαι τὰς χεῖρας ἐπὶ παραιτήσει); Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 201 (idem);T Schol. Il. 23.42a (ἠρνεῖτο: παρὰ τὸ αἴρειν τὰς χεῖρας); Etym. Genuinum, alpha 1210 (Ἀρνεῖσθαι· ἀπὸ τοῦ αἴρειν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπὶ τῇ παραιτήσει); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 146 (idem); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 216 (ἀρνεῖσθαι· ἀπὸ τοῦ αἴρειν τὰς χεῖρας ἐπὶ παραιτήσει· παρὰ τὸ αἴρω ἀρῶ καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ν ἀρνῶ); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, alpha, p. 308 (Ἀρνεῖσθαι. ἀπὸ τοῦ αἴρειν τὰς χεῖρας. παρὰ τὸ αἴρω, ἀρῶ, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ν ἀρνῶ)
Comment
The lemma is derived, not directly from the present αἴρω, but from the future ἀρῶ which provides the initial [ar] (explicit in the Etym. Symeonis). It is a descriptive etymology referring to a gesture associated with, and then expressing denial