λεῖος
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Λειρία: Παρὰ τὸ λεῖον, λείϊον, καὶ προσθέσει τοῦ ρ λείριον (Choeroboscus)
Translation (En)
Leiria "lilies": from leion "smooth", *leiïon, and by addition of /r/ leirion
Parallels
Orion, Etymologicum, lambda, p. 85 (Λείρια. παρὰ τὸ λεῖον. ὁ αὐτὸς οὕτω φησί); Etym. Genuinum, lambda 55 (Λείρια: τὰ ἄνθη. οἶμαι ὅτι παρὰ τὸ λεῖον γίνεται λείριον); ibid., lambda 169 (⸤Λείριον: τὸ ἄνθος. παρὰ τὸ λεῖον λείιον καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ Ρ λείριον.⸥); Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, lambda 11 (λείριον (Γ 152): τὸ ἄνθος. παρὰ τὸ λεῖον, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ ὁμαλόν, λείϊον καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ λείριον, ὡς ἔγχος ἔγχει ἐγχειΐδιον καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ ἐγχειρίδιον); Etym. Gudianum, lambda, p. 364 (Λείριον, τὸ ἄνθος, παρὰ τὸ λεῖον, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ ὁμαλὸν λείϊον καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ, λείριον· ὡς ἔγχος ἔγχεος, ἔγχεϊ, ἐγχειΐδιον, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ ἐγχειρίδιον· ἐξ οὗ καὶ ποδαλείριος, ὁ ποδῶν ἰατρός); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 562 (Λείριον: Τὸ ἄνθος· παρὰ τὸ λεῖον λείριον, πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ, ὡς ἔγχος ἔγχει ἐγχείδιον· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ, ἐγχειρίδιον. Ἐκ τούτου λειριόεις· καὶ λειριόεσσα, γλυκεῖα, ἐπιθυμητὴ, ἡδεῖα)
Comment
Descriptive derivational etymology. It requires the insertion of two phonemes, an extra /I/ and an /r/. The semantic relationship between the lemma and the etymon is loose: the flower is smooth, but this could apply to any flower. See on that problem ἄνθος / ἄνω + θέω