λίαν + ὑγρός
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
λυγρός
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
lugros
English translation (word)
baneful
Transliteration (Etymon)
lian + hugros
English translation (etymon)
very + moist
Source
Idem
Ref.
Ed.
A. Pertusi, Scholia vetera in Hesiodi opera et dies, Milan: Società editrice "Vita e pensiero", 1955
Quotation
[…] παρὰ τὸ λυγρὸν τοῦ λευγαλέου ῥηθέντος ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ λυγρὸν αὐτὸ πεποίηται λίαν ὑγρὸν ὄν
Translation (En)
[…] because leugaleos "miserable" is so called from lugros "baneful", as lugron itself is made from lian hugron "very moist"
Parallels
Scholia in Hesiodum, Opera et dies 198bis (scholia recentiora, Tzetzes) (λυγρά, τὰ χαλεπὰ, παρὰ τὸ λίαν ὑγρὰ εἶναι· καὶ γὰρ ἐκ τῶν ὑγρῶν καὶ ψυχρῶν φασὶν εἶναι πάντα τὰ λυπηρὰ, ὡς ἐκ τῶν θερμῶν τὰ ἡδέα); ibid. 695 (ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥίγους τοῦ κρύους, ὥσπερ λυγρὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ λίαν ὑγρόν. Ἐκ τῶν ὑγρῶν φασι καὶ τῶν ψυχρῶν τὰ ἀλγεινὰ, ἐκ δὲ τῶν θερμῶν τὰ ἡδέα)
Modern etymology
Within Greek, connected with λευγαλέος ‘miserable’. Cognate with Lat. lūgeō "to be sad". PIE root *leug- "to break" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology identifying the [l] not as an extra letter resulting from a pathos, but as the adverb λίαν "much, too much". For semantics, see λυγρός / ὑγρός.