λεαίνω
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Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
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Transliteration (Etymon)
English translation (etymon)
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Quotation
ληνός. παρὰ τὸ λεαίνεσθαι πατουμένης τῆς σταφυλῆς.
Translation (En)
lēnos "tub". From the fact that it becomes smooth (leainesthai) when the grapes are trampled
Parallels
Orion, Etymologicum (excerpta e cod. Darmstadino 2773), p. 614 (ληνὸς παρὰ τὸ λεαίνεσθαι τὰ πατούμενα); Etym. Genuinum, lambda 94 (Ληνός· παρὰ τὸ λεαίνω τὸ λεπτύνω λεανῶ λεανὸς καὶ κράσει ληνός); Etym. Parvum, lambda 5 (Ληνός· παρὰ τὸ λεαίνεσθαι πατουμένην ἐν αὐτῇ τὴν σταφυλήν); Etym. Gudianum, lambda, p. 368 (Ληνὸς, παρὰ τὸ λεαίνεσθαι πατουμένης τῆς σταφυλῆς ἐν αὐτῷ); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 564 (Ληνός: Παρὰ τὸ λεαίνω, τὸ λεπτύνω· λεανῶ λεανός· καὶ κράσει, ληνὸς, παρὰ τὸ λεαίνεσθαι πατουμένης τῆς σταφυλῆς); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, lambda, p. 1304 (Ληνός. παρὰ τὸ λεαίνω, τὸ λεπτύνω, λεανῶ, λεανὸς καὶ ληνός.)
Comment
Derivational etymology referring to the aspect go the tub. In the Excerpta, the syntax is different and the trampled grapes become smooth