λα- + ἀΐσσω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
λαῖτμα
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
laitma
English translation (word)
depth of the sea
Transliteration (Etymon)
la- + aïssō
English translation (etymon)
much + to leap
Source
idem
Ref.
Schol. Od. 4.504d Pontani
Ed.
F. Pontani, Scholia Graeca in Odysseam. Scholia ad libros γ–δ. Vol. 2, Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura 2010
Quotation
λαῖτμα: τὸ κῦμα, <παρὰ τὸ> “λίαν ἀΐσσειν”.
Translation (En)
Laitma "the waves", from "to leap" (aïssein) a lot (lian)
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology. The first member is the intensive prefix λα-, here glossed with λίαν, as usual, and the second member is assumed to be ἀΐσσω, from which only the initial /ai/ is kept. It is a descriptive etymology, which is possible only if we take λαῖτμα in the meaning "waves"