λαός + φύρω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
λάφυρα
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
laphura
English translation (word)
spoils
Transliteration (Etymon)
laos + phurō
English translation (etymon)
army + to stain
Century
12 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Comm. Il., vol. 2, p. 245
Ed.
M. van der Valk, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, vols. 1-4, Leiden: Brill, 1:1971; 2:1976; 3:1979; 4:1987
Quotation
λαπάρα δὲ παρὰ τὸ λάπτειν, ὃ ταὐτόν ἐστι τῷ ἐκκενοῦν, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ λάφυρα τὰ ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων σκηνῶν καὶ πόλεων ἐκκενούμενα. ταῦτα δέ τινες καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ τῷ λαῷ φύρεσθαι συντιθέασιν
Parallels
Scholia in Aeschylum (vetera), Sept. 278c (λάφυρα λέγει τὰ ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων σκηνῶν καὶ πόλεων ἐκκενούμενα παρὰ τὸ λάπτειν τὸ ἐκκενοῦν· τινὲς δὲ αὐτὰ παρὰ τὸ λαῷ φύρεσθαι συντιθέασιν)
Modern etymology
Unclear (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has λάφυρο "spoils" as a learned word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology, which Eustathius does not endorse. Its meaning seems to be that the spoils are stained with blood at the hands of the soldiers.