λίαν + εὐρύς
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
λευρόν
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
leuros
English translation (word)
smooth
Transliteration (Etymon)
lian + eurus
English translation (etymon)
very + wide
Century
5 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etymologicum, lambda, p.91
Ed.
F.W. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig: Weigel, 1820
Quotation
Λευρόν. λεῖον καὶ πλατύ. παρὰ τὸ λίαν εὐρύ.
Translation (En)
Leuron: smooth and broad. From lian euru ("very wide")
Parallels
Etym. Genuinum, Alpers, lambda 81, (Λευρόν: τὸ λεῖον καὶ πλατύ· ἀπὸ τοῦ λίαν εὐρύ. ἢ τὸ λελιθολευμένον. λεύειν γὰρ τὸ λίθους βάλλειν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p.561, 52 (idem); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, p.1293, 16 (Λευρός. ὁμαλὸς, λεῖος· πλατύς. ἀπὸ τοῦ λίαν εὐρύς); ibid., p.1298, 3 (Λευρόν. τὸ λεῖον καὶ πλατύ. ἀπὸ τοῦ λίαν εὐρύ); Scholia in Lycophronem, 159 (λευρὰν λείαν εὐρεῖαν καὶ πλατεῖαν) sed dubito sitne adj. λεῖος, ut editum, an adv. λίαν ; ibid., 268 (λευρᾶς λίαν εὐρείας)
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Arthur de Tocqueville
Comment
Compositional etymology relying on the meaning "clear, open", not on the proper meaning "smooth". What has no obstacle is "broad", and εὐρύς was providing a likely etymon. The lemma and the etymon are synonyms, the former being an intensive form of the latter.