σῶς + αἷμα
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Σῶμα· διὰ τὸ σῶον αἷμα
Translation (En)
Sōma "body": because blood (haima) is safe (sōon)
Parallels
Anastasius Sin., Viae dux 2, 8, l. 20-21 (σῶμα, *σῶ αἷμα, σῶον αἷμα ἐν τῷ ἅμα <εἶναι τὰ μέλη>); Etym. Gudianum, sigma, p. 520 (Σῶμα, διὰ τὸ σῶον ἅμα σὺν αἵματι ὄν· σῶον αἷμα· ἐν τῷ ἅμα εἶναι τὰ μέρη); ibid. p. 520 (Σῶμα, διὰ τὸ σῶον αἷμα καὶ ἅμα· ἢ παρὰ τὸ σῆμα, ὃ σημαίνει τὸν τάφον, κατὰ τὸν Πλάτωνα, τάφος γάρ ἐστι τὸ σῶμα τῆς ψυχῆς· δικὴν γὰρ τάφου ἐνθάπτεται ἡ ψυχὴ τῷ σώματι· τροπῇ τοῦ μακροῦ εἰς μακρὸν γίνεται σῶμα); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges p. 742, l. 19 (Σῶμα: Οἱονεὶ δῶμα ὂν τῆς ψυχῆς· ὅθεν καὶ σκήνωμα πᾶν τὸ τεθνηκός. Εἴρηται δὲ σῶμα, ὥς φησι Πλάτων, ὅτι σῆμα ἐστὶ, τουτέστι τάφος τῆς ψυχῆς· δίκην γὰρ τάφου ἐντέθαπται ἡ ψυχὴ τῷ σώματι. Ἢ σώαιμα, σῶον αἷμα. Ἐν τῷ αἷμα)
Comment
The word is parsed as a compound of "safe" and "blood": in an unharmed body blood is "safe". This etymology pairs with the one through σῶς (see σῶμα / σῶς) within the opposition between compositional etymology and derivational etymology. In the compositional etymology, αἷμα accounts for the second syllable of the lemma, which is left unaccounted for in the derivational etymology.