λεία2 + φέρω
Word
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Word-form
λάφυρον
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
laphura
English translation (word)
spoils
Transliteration (Etymon)
leia + pherō
English translation (etymon)
booty + to carry
Source
idem
Ref.
Scholia in Ajacem, 93c
Ed.
G.A. Christodoulos, Τὰ ἀρχαῖα σχόλια εἰς Αἴαντα τοῦ Σοφοκλέους, Athens: University of Athens, 1977:
Quotation
λάφυρον ἀπὸ τοῦ λείαν φέρειν
Translation (En)
Laphuron "spoils" comes from "to carry" (pherein) "booty" (leian) away
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, descriptive: The spoils or the booty are booty carried away. It requires several formal changes, in the first syllable and in the second member (from /e/ to /u/)