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Φάσγανον. φῶ τὸ ἀναιρῶ. τοῦ φῶ παράγωγον φάζω, ὡς βῶ βάζω. τοῦ δὲ φῶ μέλλων φάσω, καὶ ῥηματικὸν ὄνομα φάσγανον. ὡς λείψω λείψανον. ἢ παρὰ τὴν σπάσιν σπάγανον. ἢ παρὰ τὸ σφάζω σφάγανον, καὶ μεταθέσει τοῦ σ, φάσγανον
Translation (En)
Phasganon "sword": Phô means "to kill", its derivative is phazō, as bô "I go" bazō "I walk". The future of phô is phasō, and phasganon is a deverbal noun, as in leipsō "I will leave" leipsanon "remains". Or from the fact that it is drawn (spasin), *spaganon. Or from sphazō "to slay", *sphaganon and with metathesis of the [s] phasganon
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, phi, p. 549 (Φάσγανον, σπάγανόν τι ὂν, παρὰ τὴν σπάσιν· παρὰ τὸ σφᾶσθαι, ὅ ἐστι φονεῦσαι· ἢ σφάζω σφάγανον καὶ φάσγανον); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 788 (Φάσγανον: Παρὰ τὸ σφάζω, σφάγανον· καὶ ὑπερθέσει φάσγανον· ἢ σπάγανόν τι ὂν, παρὰ τὴν σπάσιν· ἢ παρὰ τὸ φᾶσθαι, ὅ ἐστι φονεῦσαι); Ps-Zonaras, Lexicon, phi, p. 1798-1799 (Φάσγανον. ξίφος. παρὰ τὸ σφάζω, σφάσγανον καὶ ἐν ὑπερθέσει φάσγανον. [ἢ σπάγανον τὶ ὂν, παρὰ τὴν σπάσιν. ἢ παρὰ τὸ φᾶσθαι, ὅ ἐστι φονεῦσαι)
Comment
Derivational etymology implying one formal manipulation, the change of [p] to aspirate [ph]. It relies on the occurrences in tragedy of φάσγανον ἔσπασε (3 examples in Euripides, 1 in the Odyssey). As the competing etymology by σφάζω, it implies a metathesis of the [s]