λάξ
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
λακτίζω
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
laktizō
English translation (word)
to kick with the foot
Transliteration (Etymon)
lax
English translation (etymon)
with the foot
Source
idem
Ref.
Scholia in Plutum (scholia recentiora)
Ed.
M. Chantry, Scholia in Thesmophoriazusas, Ranas, Ecclesiazusas et Plutum [Scholia in Aristophanem 3.4a], Groningen: Bouma, 1994
Quotation
ὥσπερ “ὀδάξ”, ἀντὶ τοῦ “μετὰ τῶν ὀδόντων”, οὕτω καὶ “λάξ”, μετὰ τῶν ποδῶν, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ “λακτίζω”.
Translation (En)
As odax meaning "with the teeth", so, too, lax "with the feet", from which comes laktizō "to kick with the foot"
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Λακτίζω is the denominative of λάξ
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has λακτίζω, λάκτισμα as learned words
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Correct derivational etymology