οἰμάω
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Quotation
Οἶμος. ἡ ὁδός. παρὰ τὸ οἰμῆσαι. ὁ δὲ Φιλόξενος παρὰ τὸν οἴσω μέλλοντα.
Translation (En)
Oimos "the road": from oimēsai ("to swoop upon"). But Philoxenus states it comes from the future oisō "I will carry".
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, omicron, p. 422 (Οἶμος, ἡ ὁδὸς, παρὰ τὸ οἰμῆσαι, ὅ ἐστιν ὁρμῆσαι); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 617 (Οἶμος: Ἡ ὁδός· παρὰ τὸ οἰμῶ τὸ σημαῖνον τὸ ὁρμῶ· ὁ μέλλων, οἰμήσω· ἐν ᾗ ὁρμῶσι τινὲς καὶ ὁδεύουσι. Καὶ ἡ ῥάβδος οἶμος λέγεται, παρὰ τὸ ὁρμᾶν εἰς εὐθὺ ἐν τῷ φύεσθαι· οἷον, "Τοῦ δ’ ἤτοι δέκα οἶμοι ἔσαν [μέλανος κυάνοιο,]" Ἰλιάδος λʹ. Ὁ δὲ Φιλόξενος παρὰ τὸν οἴσω μέλλοντα οἶμος, ἡ ὁδὸς, δι’ ἧς παντοίας φέρονται φορὰς οἱ κατ’ αὐτὴν ὁδεύοντες τῇδε κἀκεῖσε.); Tzetzes, Exegesis in Homeri Iliadem 1, 118 (καὶ ἀπὸ τὸ οἱμῶ τὸ ὁρμῶ, ἕοιμος ὁ ἀφ’ἑαυτοῦ ὁρμώμενος καὶ ἕτοιμος Ἰωνικῶς· ἕθοιμος γὰρ ὤφειλεν εἶναι, ὅτι τοῦ οἷμος τὸ οι δασύνεται· ἀλλ’ οἱ Ἴωνες ψιλοῦσι τὰ δασέα); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, omicron, p. 1430 (Οἶμος. ἡ ὁδός. παρὰ τὸ οἰμῶ, τὸ ὁρμῶ.); ibid., omicron, p. 1433 (idem).
Comment
Derivational etymology following the general tendency that nouns are derived from verbs, therefore a verb was designed as etymon of οἶμος: οἰμάω is a motion verb, therefore could be deemed appropriate for the name of the roar, since the road is the frame of a type of motion.