πάλλω
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Transliteration (Etymon)
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Quotation
παιδεύθητε. […] Παρὰ τὸ παῖς παιδὸς, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ πάλλω, τὸ κινῶ, (εὐκίνητος γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἡλικία,) ἢ παρὰ τὸ βαιὸν, τὸ μικρὸν, βαῒς καὶ πάϊς, καὶ ἐν συναιρέσει παῖς
Translation (En)
paideuthēte "be educated" (imperative) […] From pais, plaidos "child". The latter from pallō "to sway", "to move", because this age is mobile (eukinētos), or from baion "little", *baïs and païs, and with contraction pais.
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 657 (Παῖς: Παρὰ τὸ παίζω· ὁ μέλλων, παίσω· ἀποβολῇ τοῦ ω, παῖς· ἢ παρὰ τὸ πάλλεσθαι· εὐκίνητος γὰρ ἡ ἡλικία. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ βαιὸν γίνεται βάϊς καὶ πάϊς· ἐκ δὲ τοῦ πάϊς γίνεται κατὰ συναίρεσιν παῖς); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, pi, p. 1496 (Παῖς. παρὰ τὸ παίζω, παίσω, ἀποβολῇ τοῦ ω παῖς. φίλον γὰρ τοῖς παισὶ τὸ παίζειν. ἢ παρὰ τὸ πάλλεσθαι. εὐκίνητος γὰρ ἡ ἡλικία. ὁ δὲ Ἡρωδιανός· παρὰ τὸ βαίειν γίνεται βαῖς καὶ παῖς κατὰ τροπὴν τοῦ β εἰς π); ibid., pi, p. 1495 (Παῖς. ἀπὸ ἐτῶν εʹ ἕως ἐτῶν ιδʹ. παρὰ τὸ παίζω)
Comment
Paronymic etymology relying on the fact that children run, throw objects and move while playing.