Paronymic etymology relying on the alternation ο ~ ω. In Orion's formulation the etymon λώβη must be deduced from the denominative verb λωβάομαι, From the semantic point of view, the lobe is etymologized as that which is used to dishonour when it is cut off, therefore as the part which materializes shame. This is an allusion to the practice of ἀκρωτηριαμσός "cutting of the extremities", that is, ears and nose in the basic version, sometimes also the genitals, hands and feet: this is the fate of the goalkeeper Melanthius in the Odyssey. It is a reversible etymology (see λώβη / λοβός).