ἐάω

ἐάω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `let (go), permit, let in quiet'.

Other forms: Ipf. εἴων, aor. ἐᾶσαι (ind. εἴασα), fut. ἐάσω (Il.; orig. ἐᾰ́σ(σ)αι, resp. ἐᾰ́σ(σ)ω?, s. below), perf. etc. εἴᾱκα, εἴαμαι, εἰάθην (D., Isoc.)

Compounds: rarely παρ-, εἰσεάω.

Derivatives: None.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: The glosses ἔβασον ἔασον. Συρακόσιοι H., EM, εὔα ... ἔα H. assure for ἐάω a digamma; the diphthongal augment points to a consonantal beginning, probably σ-; but the absence of aspiration is unexplained (cf. Lejeune Traité de phonétique 78 n. 2). So a disyllabic root (σ)εϜᾰ- like ἐλᾰ-, τελᾰ- etc., with in the aorist *(σ)εϜᾰ́-σαι \> ἐᾰ́σαι, or with analogical -σσ- (like ἐλάσ(σ)αι a. o.; after τελέσ-(σ)αι a. o.) ἐᾰ́σσαι, fut. ἐᾰ́σ(σ)ω, forms that can be found in Hom. (ἐᾰ́σουσιν φ 233, εἴᾰσεν Κ 299 as v. l.); so one could read ἐάσσαι for ἐᾶσαι (Δ 42) etc. like ἐάσσω (v. l.) in Parm. 8, 7. Also ἐάσομεν, ἔασον in Hdt. are understandable (cf. ἔησον ἔασον H.). The length in ἐᾶσαι etc. would then be from the denominatives in -άω. So unique ἔᾰ (Ε 256) would be 3. sing. of an athematic Aeolic ἔᾰ-μι. - Schwyzer 682 and 752, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 356. A good connection for ἐάω has not been found. Connection as IE seuH-; Skt. savi- in savi-tár- `Antreiber etc.' with pres. suváti `antreiben' does not fit well semantically. Cf. on εἱαμένη.

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