λῶ
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
λίπτω
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
liptomai
English translation (word)
to be eager
Transliteration (Etymon)
lō
English translation (etymon)
to wish
Century
1 BC
Reference
fr. *141
Edition
C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976
Source
Orion
Ref.
Etymologicum, lambda, p. 94
Ed.
F.W. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig: Weigel, 1820 (repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1973): 1-172
Quotation
Λίπτω· τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ. λῶ ἐστι τὸ θέλω, οὗ παράγωγον λίπτω, ὡς παρὰ τὸ χρίω χρίπτω καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ μ χρίμπτω.
Translation (En)
Liptō "to long for". Lō is "to wish", from which is derived liptō, as from *khr{i}ō *khriptō and by addition of [m] khrimptō "to graze".
Other translation(s)
Liptō « désirer ». Lō signifie « vouloir », duquel est dérivé liptō, comme *khriptō et avec ajout de [m] khrimptō « effleurer » viennent de *khr{i}ō.
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges p. 567 (Λίπτω: Σημαίνει τὸ ἐπιθυμῶ· οἷον, Λίπτοντα γάλακτος. Ἐκ τοῦ λῶ, τὸ θέλω, γίνεται παράγωγον λίπτω)
Modern etymology
Cognate with forms in Baltic, Lith. liepiù (1sg) "to organise". Isolated within Greek (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Eva Ferrer
Comment
Derivational etymology in which the lemma and the etymon only have one common phoneme, the initial [l]. The meaning of the lemma is identical with that of the etymon.