λύω + αὐγή
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
λυγαῖον
Transliteration (Word)
lugaios
Transliteration (Etymon)
luō + augē
Century
5 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etymologicum, lambda, p. 91
Ed.
F.W. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig: Weigel, 1820
Quotation
Λυγαῖον, τὸ φοβερόν. οἷα λυγερόν τι ὄν. λυγαῖον δὲ τὸ σκοτεινόν. ἴσως παρὰ τὸ λύειν τὴν αὐγὴν, καὶ μὴ ἐᾶν στῆναι αὐτήν.