ἀφύσσω

Word

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Word-form

λάφυρα

Word-lemma

LSJ

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Word)

laphura

English translation (word)

spoils

Transliteration (Etymon)

aphussō

English translation (etymon)

to empty

Author

Etym. Genuinum

Century

9 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etym. Genuinum, lambda 45

Ed.

K. Alpers, Bericht über Stand und Methode der Ausgabe des Etymologicum genuinum [Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Hist.-filol. Meddelelser 44.3. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1969]

Quotation

Λάφυρα παρὰ <τὸ> ἀφύσσω τὸ ἀπαντλῶ καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ Λ, ἢ ἀπὸ τῆς κενώσεως τῆς πόλεως

Translation (En)

Laphura "spoils", from aphussō "to empty", with addition of /l/, or from the emptying of the city

Comment

Derivational etymology relying on the idea that the booty seized empties the city

Parallels

There is no parallel

Modern etymology

Unclear (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

MG still has λάφυρο "spoils" as a learned word

Entry By

Le Feuvre
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