h₂leu-

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `avoid, shun, flee' (Il.).

Other forms: Also ἀλεύεται (Hom.); aor. ἠλεύατο (Hom.); ἀλεύω (A.)

Compounds: νηλεής (Hom.) `unescapable' \< *n̥-h₂leu-.

Derivatives: ἀλέα `avoiding, escape, shelter' - ἀλεωρή `escape, shelter' (Il.) \< *ἀλεϜ-ωλη (Chantr. Form. 243) or with an r-suffix. Denom. vb. ἀλεείνω from *ἀλεϜ-εν-, from the r\/n-stem ἄλεαρ· ἀλεωρίαν η πολυωρίαν H. (one expects *h₂leu-r̥, gen. * h₂lu-en-s).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [27] * h₂leu- `escape'?

Etymology: With zero grade ἀλύ-σκω (Hom.). Connection with ἀλύω is very doubtful, because of its deviant meaning (`be distraught, beside oneself'). ἀλάομαι is also far off.

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Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `without compassion, pitiless'; also `unescapable, unavoidable' (in νηλεες ἦμαρ a.o.).

Other forms: - εές (ep. poet. Il.); metr. lengthened νηλειής, - ειές (Hes. Th. 770 a. h. Ven. 245 [verse-begin], A. R. 4, 476; Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 74 u. 101)

Compounds: As 1. member a.o. in νηλεό-ποινος `punishing pitilessly' (Hes.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [???] *n̥-h₁leu̯-es- `pitiless'

Etymology: In the sense of `without pity' from the negation *n̥ and ἔλεος (\< *h₁leu̯os, s.v.) or ἐλεέω; as `unescapable' from ἀλέομαι \< *h₂leu̯- (Schulze KZ 29, 262 = Kl. Schr. 375). S. Chantraine Rev. de phil. 56, 289, W. Burkert Zum altgr. Mitleidsbegriff, Diss. Erlangen 1955 (s. Seyffert Gnomon 31,389ff.). -- The PN Νηλεύς (Hom.) is often connected ("the one without pity" as god of death?, s. Fick-Bechtel 430, Schulze Q. 289, Deroy Rev. belge de phil. 36, 1058), but the name is rather Pre-Greek. Quite uncertain hypotheses on pre-gr. origin in Bosshardt 133 and Lombardo Ist. Lomb. 91, 248.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `compassion, pity'; acc. to Schadewaldt Herm. 83, 131ff. rather `pain, lament, commotion' as `compassion'; criticism by Pohlenz ibd. 84, 49ff. (Il.).

Other forms: hell. also n., s. Schwyzer-Debrunner 38 w. n. 2)

Compounds: As 2. member in νηλ(ε)ής, - ές `without compassion, pitiless' (Il.), \< *n̥-h₁leu̯ēs; beside it ἀν-ηλεής `id.' (And., hell.).

Derivatives: ἐλεόν as adv. `pitiful' (Hes. Op. 205), ἐλ(ε)εινός `rousing compassion, plaintive' (Il.), (after ἀλ(ε)γεινός and adj. in - εινός (Chantr. Form. 195f.) rather than from late τὸ ἔλεος; ἐλεήμων `compassionate, pitiful' (ε 181, Att., hell.), from ἐλεέω (cf. Chantraine 173), with ἐλεημοσύνη `compassion' (Call.), `alms' (LXX, NT); with inner shortening ἐλεημο-ποιός `giving alms' (LXX); ἐλεητικός = ἐλεήμων (Arist.; from ἐλεέω). Denomin. verbs: ἐλεέω, aor. ἐλεῆσαι `show compassion' (Il.) with ἐλεητύς = ἔλεος (ξ 82, ρ 451; Porzig Satzinhalte 182; on the semantics Benveniste Noms d'agent 66); ἐλεήμων, ἐλεητικός s. above; ἐλεαίρω `id.' (Il.; ἐλέηρα A. R. 4, 1308) after ἐχθαίρω a. o. (Risch 249; not from *ἐλε-Ϝαρ with Benveniste Origines 112 and Schwyzer 724); βλεερεῖ οἰκτείρει. Βοιωτοί H. mistake for ἐλεαίρει?

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [??] *h₁leu̯- `compassion?'

Etymology: No etymology. Origin in interjection (cf. ἐλελεῦ, ὀλολύζω etc.) is possible (Pok. 306). Also Bq.

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Grammatical information: acc. sg.

Meaning: `name of a part of the plough, prob. `ploughshare' (A. R. 3, 1335).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Bugge KZ 20, 10 compared a German. word for `sickle', OWNo. lē, MLG lē, lehe m., which supposes a basis with ĕ, PGerm. *leu̯an-, IE. *leu̯on-; further (with uncertain vowel) Skt. laví- m. (Uṇ. 4, 138), laví-tra- n. (Pāṇ. 3, 2, 184) `sickle', first from a verb `cut' (pres. lunā́ti, s. λύω). Doubts by Niedermann Essais d'étym. 18 f. The - αι- would remain unexplained.

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `bathe, wash (the body)' (Il., cf. below)

Other forms: also λοέω (ipf. λόεον δ 252). λόω (ipf. λό' [κ 361], λόον [h. Ap. 120], inf. λόεσθαι [Hes. Op. 749]); besides λοῦσθαι (ζ 216), λοῦνται (Hdt.), λούμενος (Ar.); Dor. (Call. Lav. Pall. 72f.) λῶντο, λώοντο; aor. λοῦσαι, - σασθαι (Il.), ep. also λοέσ(σ)αι, - έσσασθαι, Dor. λωσάμενος (Cyrene), pass. λουθῆναι (Hp.), - σθῆναι (LXX, pap.); fut. λούσω, - ομαι (IA.), λοέσσομαι (ζ 221), ptc. perf. λελουμένος (E 6),

Dialectal forms: Myc. rewotorokowo; s. below

Compounds: also with prefix, esp. ἀπο-, ἐκ- ; unclear Myc. rewoterejo. -

Derivatives: 1. λουτρόν, Hom. λοετρόν, Dor. λωτρόν (H.), usu. (in Hom. always) in plur. `the bath, bathing place' (Il.); as 1. member e.g. in λοετρο-χόος `pouring bathwater' (Hom.); λούτριον n. `bathwater' (Ar., Luc.), ἀπολούτριος `for washing' of water (Ael.), λουτρών, - ῶνος m. `bathroom, bathing house' (X., hell.) with - ωνικός `belonging to the bathing places' ( Cod. Just.), λουτρίς f. `belonging to the bath' (Theopomp. Com., H., Phot.), λουτρικός H. s. ξυστρολήκυθον, λουτρόομαι `bathe' (Euboea) - 2. λούτρα f. `sarcophagus' (Corycos ; on the meaning cf. μάκρα [from μάκτρα] `bathtub, coffin'). - 3. λουτήρ m. `bathtub' (LXX, inscr.), - ήριον n. `id.' (Antiph., inscr.; λωτ. Tab. Heracl.) with the dimin. - ηρίδιον (Hero, pap.), - ηρίσκος (Gloss.); ἐκλουτήριος `for washing' (Aegina); ἐγλουστρίς f. `bathing-drawers?' (hell. pap.). - 4. λούστης m. "bather", `who loves bathing' (Arist., M. Ant.). - 5. λοῦσις ` bathing, washing' (late pap., inscr.), ἀπόλουσις `washing' (Pl.). - 6. λοῦμα n. `stream' (Sardes); prob also λούματα (cod. ἀούματα) τὰ τῶν πτισσομένων κριθῶν ἄχυρα Κύπριοι H.; cf. ἀπόλουμα = ἀποκάθαρμα (sch., Eust.); or because the chaff before feeding was washed away in water?; diff. Bechtel Dial. 1, 451 (with Hoffmann Dial. 1, 121). -7. λουτιάω `want to bathe' (Luc. Lex. 2; after ἐμετ-ιάω: ἐμέω a. o.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [692] *leu̯h₃- `wash, bathe'

Etymology: The aorist λο(Ϝ)έ-σαι agrees with κορέ-σαι, στορέ-σαι; the rare present λο(Ϝ)έ-ω can be explained as innovation (cf. Specht KZ 59, 61). From λο(Ϝ)έσαι by contraction could arise λοῦσαι; to this again λούω. In Hom. the uncontracted forms can be inserted, e.g. λόεσεν etc. for λοῦσεν etc., also λοέεσθαι for λούεσθαι (Z 508 = O 265). Both λοῦσαι etc. and the isolated λό', λόον, λόεσθαι are understandable from (thematic) λό(Ϝ)-ω; the last forms however, can also be due to hyphairesis (cf. Schwyzer 252 f.). Also λοῦσθαι, λοῦνται, λούμενος admit basic forms like *λόϜ-εσθαι *λόϜ-ονται, *λοϜ-όμενος; but rhey are at the same time explainable from λο(Ϝ)έεσ-θαι, λο(Ϝ)έονται, λο(Ϝ)εόμενος. Further details in Schwyzer 682, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 34, 347, 374, Risch ̨ 117. An immediate agreement to monosyll. thematic λό(Ϝ)ω appears in Lat. lav-ō, lav-ere (from * lov-; cf. Szemerényi KZ 70, 57 f.); to disyll. λο(Ϝ)έ-σαι may at the same time disyll. lavā-re (if the length is secondary) correspond (IE *leu̯h₃-). Wether also Arm. loganam, aor. logac̣ay `bathe oneself' has a disyllabic root, remains uncertain given the productivity of the Arm. verbs in - anam. From the general o-vowel deviate Myc. rewotorokowo and rewoterejo; their connection with λοετρόν has been explained from metathesis of * lewo-. Also the Celtic and Germanic nominal derivv. show the same vocalisation, e.g. Gaul. lautro `bathing place', OIr. lōathar `basin', OWNo. lauđr n. `lye, (soap)foam', OE lēaÞor `soap-foam', which can go back on IE * louh₃-tro- and can be identical with λο(Ϝ)ετρόν. - Hitt. lah̯(h̯)uu̯āi-'pour', since Sturtevant connected with λούω (s. Friedrich Wb.), is formally unclear (on expects *leh₂_\/₃-u-). - Further forms in Bq, WP. 2, 441, Pok. 692, W.-Hofmann s. lavō.

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `hear, understand, obey' (Il.), also (with εὖ, κακῶς) `have the name' (trag.) (Hes. Op. 726)

Other forms: Aor. ἔκλυον (Il.), athematic forms: ipv. κλῦθι, - τε (Hom., Pi., trag.), κέκλυθι, - τε (Hom.), also κέκλῠκε (Epich. 190; s. below), ptc. κλῠ́μενος `famous' (Antim., Theoc.), usu. PN Κλύμενος, Κλυμένη (Hom.).

Compounds: rarely with prefix as ἐπι-, ὑπο-,

Derivatives: κλυτός m., also f. (s. Schwyzer-Debrunner 32 n. 5) `famous' (Il.), often as 1. member, e. g. κλυτό-τοξος `with famous bow' (of Apollon), κλυτό-πωλος `with famous foals' (of Hades; cf. Thieme Studien 48ff.); also Κλυται-μήστρα, - ρη (Il.), with 2. member to μήστωρ, 1. member reshaped after Κραται-, Παλαι- a. o.; Schwyzer 448, Sommer Nominalkomp. 147 w. n. 1. - With other ablaut κλειτός `famous' (Hom., Pi.) from *κλεϜετός; s. below.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [605] *ḱleu- `hear'

Etymology: The thematic root-aorist ἔκλυον, to which the present κλύω is an innovation, agrees with Skt. aorist śruvam, grew like this from an older athematic aorist, which can still be seen in ipv. κλῦθι, - τε and the ptc. κλύμενος. To κλῦθι (in Hom. alway at verse beginning), with metrical lengthening for *κλύ-θι, Skt. śru-dhi is an exact comparandum; an innovation is κλῦτε (not for *κλεῦ-τε = Skt. śró-ta (details in Schwyzer 800 n. 6). Reduplicated κέ-κλυ-θι, - τε can be an innovation after τέ-τλᾰ-θι a. o. (s. on ἱλάσκομαι; diff. Schwyzer 804 with Schulze Q. 391ff.); on the hapax κέκλυκε (Epich.) ibd. 799 n. 2. - κλυτός too has agreements outside Greek, in several languages, e. g. Skt. śrutá- `heard', Lat. in-clutus `famous', Arm. lu `known', OIr. cloth n. `fame', IE. *ḱlŭ-tó-; (not here Germ., e. g. OHG hlūt `loud'). - The full grade eu can be seen in the athematic root-aorist, Skt. á-śrav-am, 3. sg. á-śro-t ; here *κλεϜετός \> κλειτός (cf. Schwyzer 502) and the old verbal noun κλέ(Ϝ)ος, s. v. - The other languages present many forms, e. g. the old nu-present in Skt. śr̥-ṇó-ti, Av. surunaoiti; note Lat. cluēre `be called'. Further there is the denominative κλέω `celebrate, praise', s. κλέος. - More forms Pok. 605ff., W.-Hofmann and Ernout-Meillet s. clueō, Feist Vgl. Wb. d. got. Spr. s. hliuma.

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Grammatical information: m. (late also f.),

Meaning: `stone'; as GN (Laconia) Λᾱ̃ς and Λᾶ (Th., Paus., St.Byz. a.o.; acc. Λᾰ́ᾱν Β 585).

Other forms: gen. etc. λᾱ̃-ος, -ι, - αν (-α Call.), pl. λᾶ-ες etc. (Il.); also as ο-stem λᾶος, - ου etc. (Hes.Fr. 115[?], S., Cyrene, Gortyn; details in Schwyzer 578),

Dialectal forms: Myc. raeja \/lāh-ejā\/ and Cypr. laos show that the word did not have a -w-.

Compounds: Compp., e. g. λᾱ-τόμος (beside uncontracted or restored λαο-) `stone-cutter' with λᾱτομ-ίαι `quarry' (= Lat. lātomiae beside lautumiae \< *λαο-; s.W.-Hofmann s. v.), Arg., Syracus., hell. (Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 125f.); λα(ο)-ξό(ο)ς with λαξεύω etc. (Georgacas Glotta 36, 165 f.), λατύπος; as 2. member in κραταί-λεως (\< -*ληϜος or -*λᾱϜος; cf. below) `with hard rock' (A., E.), prob. also in ὑπο-λαΐς, - ίδος (H. also - ληΐς) f. name of an unknown bird (Arist.); cf. Thompson Birds s.v.; s. also 2. λαιός.

Derivatives: λάϊγγες f. pl. `small stones' (Od., A. R.; on the formation Chantraine Formation 399; wrong Specht Ursprung 127; s. also below); λάϊνος, - ΐνεος `(of) stone' (Il.); uncertain λαιαί f. pl. (Arist.), λεῖαι (Gal.), sg. λεία (Hero) `the stones used as weights hanging from the upright loom'; unclear λαίεται καταλεύεται H. and λαυστήρ μοχθηρός... η οἴκου λαύρα, λαύστρανον τινες λύκον, τινες φρέατος ἅρπαγα H.; hypotheses by Jokl Rev. int. ét. balk. 1,46ff.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: On λαύρα and λεύω s. vv. The unique stemformation of λᾶας is unexplained. One supposes an old neuter with sec. transition to the masc. (fem.) after λίθος, πέτρος (Brugmann IF 11, 100 ff.). The further evaluation is quite uncertain. After Brugmann orig. nom.-acc. *λῆϜας (\< IE. *lēu̯ǝs-; on the full grade cf. λεύω and λεῖαι), gen., dat. etc. *λᾰ́Ϝᾰσ-ος, -ι (IE. *lǝu̯ǝs-os, -i) \> λᾶ-ος, -ι, to which analogically the nom. λᾶ-ας was formed. The simpler assumption, that only the vowellength in λᾶας (for older *λᾰ́Ϝας) was taken from (gen.) λᾶ-ος etc., is rejected by B. Metrical objections against a contraction of *λᾰ́Ϝᾰσ-ος, -ι to λᾶ-ος, -ι by Ruijgh l.c.; he prefers, with Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 211 to see in λᾶ-ος, -ι etc. an (unenlarged) consonant-stem λᾱϜ-. Who accepts these, not decisive, objections but also does not want to assume heteroclis, might assume a full grade monosyllabic oblique stem *λᾱϜσ- (beside *λᾰϜᾰσ-). The abandoning of the old σ-flection was anyhow connected with the gender-change. - Quite diff. Pedersen Cinq. decl. lat. 44ff. (with de Saussure Rec. 587 f.): λᾶας old masc. ablauting ā-stem: *λᾱϜᾱ-: λᾱϜ(ᾰ)- \< IE. * leh₂ueh₂-: *leh₂u̯(h₂)-; the supposed full grade -ā- (*- eh₂-) is however quite hypothetical, but it would nicely explain the absence of the root-vowel in the inflection; followed by Beekes, Origins (1985)15-17. - The word λᾶας was apparently unknown to Ion.-Attic (Wackernagel Hell. 9 f., Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1,22; doubts in Björck Alpha impurum 69 and 76 n. 1); Ion.-Att. form shows κραταί-λεως (or only poetical analogy after λαός: Μενέ-λεως a.o.?); thus the free-standing λεύω (s. v.). Connections to λᾶας outside Greek are rare and not without doubt. First Alb. lerë, -a `stone, heap of stones, stony plain, rockslope' from IE. *lā̆u<sub>e</sub>rā (Jokl Rev. int. et. balk. 1, 46ff.; to λαύρα?, s.v.); Illyr. PN Lavo f. prop. "which belongs to the rock (stone)" (from * lava `stone'; Krahe ZNF 19, 72; Spr. d. Illyr. 1,69 f.). One considers further the orig. Celtic Lat. lausiae f. `small stones from stone-cuttings', s. W.-Hofmann s. v. The suffixal agreement between λάϊγγες and OIr. līe, gen. līac (\< Celt. *līu̯ank-; cf. Pok. 683 against Loth Rev. celt. 44, 293; also Lewy Festschr. Dornseiff 226 f.) is no doubt accidental. Further uncertain combinations in Bq, WP. 2, 405 ff., W.-Hofmann s. lausiae. - For Aegaean origin also Chantraine Formation 421, Güntert Labyrinth 5,9. - Since the Myc. form shows that there was no -w- in the form, we must assume *lāh- (but not from *lās-, as the -s- would have been retained. Hence the relation to λεύω, λαύρα has become quite unclear. See Heubeck, IF 66 (1961) 29-34. Fur. 329 compares λέπας; he considers (n. 53) λαίνθη λάρναξ λιθίνη Cyr. as proof of Pre-Greek origin.

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Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `dirt, offscourings, purgation', metaph. `contamination, revilement' (A 314 a. Ξ 371, Hdt.); on the meaning Sinclair Festschr. Dornseiff 330ff. (with wrong connection with λύω). - λύμη f., often pl. - αι, `maltreatment (e.g. mutilation, flagellation), damage, violation, revilement'.

Other forms: - ατος n., mostly pl. - ατα,

Derivatives: 1. From λῦμα: λύμακες πέτραι H. (on alphab. wrong position); cf. βῶλαξ, λίθαξ a.o. (Chantraine Form. 379); κατα-λυμακόομαι `be covered with λύμακες `(i.e. `dirt')' (Tab. Heracl. 1, 56); also Λύμᾱξ, - κος m. Arcad. rivername (cf. ῥύᾱξ, σύρφᾱξ a.o.; Chantraine 381 f.), after Paus. 8, 41, 2 because of the Nachgeburt ( λύματα) of Rhea, in fact prob. because of the ooze (cf. Schulze Kl. Schr. 663, also Schwyzer RhM 77, 225ff. and Bechtel Dial. 1, 393; in detail deviat.). 2. From λύμη: λυμεών, - ωνος m. `destroyer' (S., E., Tim. Pers., Isoc., as ἀπατεών; Chantraine 163) with λυμεων -εύομαι `play the λ.' (Plb.); λυμάχη (- χή?) ἡ εἰς διαφθορὰν λύπη H. (after ταραχή? στοναχή?). Transformation of λῦμα, λύμη: λῦμαρ (Max. Astrol.; cf. Schwyzer 519). -- Denomin. λυμαί-νομαι, aor. λυμήνασθαι (rare λυμῆναι, - ᾶναι) 1. from ? λῦμα `purify (of dirt)' (Hp.), usu. ἀπο-λυμαίνομαι `wash, purify' (A 313f., A. R., Agath., Paus.) with ἀπολυμαν-τήρ (tablecleaner' (ρ 220, 377); 2. more often from λύμη `corporally maltreat, damage, destroy,violate', also with δια-, κατα- (Ion. Att. Arc.; on the meaning Schulze Kl. Schr. 169, Fraenkel Denom. 49); λυμαντήρ `destroyer, violater' (X.), λυμάντωρ (Timo, Epigr. Cyrene), - τής (S.) `id.' (cf. Fraenkel Nom. sg. 2, 55) with λυμαν-τήριος (A.), - τικός (Ph., Arr.) `destroying, violating'. - λύθρος m. (after βρότος, βόρβορος, πηλός?), also - ον n. `clotted, thick blood' (Hom. [only dat. - ρῳ], Hp. Ep.) with λυθρώδης `bloodstained' (LXX, AP). With λῦμα: λύμη cf. γνῶμα: γνώμη, χάρμα: - μη, βρῶμα: - μη etc.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [681] * luH- `dirt, pollute'

Etymology: With λῦμα, - μη agrees Alb. lum `slime, mud' (IE * lum-); an agreement with λύθρος perh. in the Illyr. GN Ludrum (with IE dh or d); close comes also Alb. ler `mud' (IE * leu-d(h)r-). The nouns mentioned go back on a in Greek lost (and by λυμαίνομαι replaced?) verb meaning `pollute, contaminate', which lives on in Lat. pol-luō (from * por-luō) and led to the verbal noun Lat. lutum = OIr. loth `muck, excrements, dirt'. Other survivals are Lat. lustrum `puddle, marsh' and German rivernames like Lune and Lienz (from * Luantia); cf. Λύμαξ. - WP. 2, 406, Pok. 681, W.-Hofmann s. 1. lutum. Fraenkel Wb. s. laũre. On the GN esp. Krahe Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 6, 106ff. a. 242ff., Eisenstuck ibd. 7. 53ff. - (Wrong Specht KZ 68, 124. λύ-μη to λύ-πη with old variation μ: π.)

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `loosen, liberate, make loose, destroy, pay'.

Other forms: aor. λῦσαι, fut. λύσω, perf. midd. λέλῠμαι, aor. pass. λῠθῆναι (Il.), aor. midd. also λύμην, λύ(ν)το (Hom.), perf. act. λέλῡκα.

Compounds: very often with prefix, e.g. ἀνα, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, κατα-, παρα-. As 1. member λῦσ(ι)- in governing compp., e.g. λυσί-πονος, λυσι-τελής (s. v.), PN like Λυσί-μαχος, shortname Λυσίας a. o.; as 2. member in βου-λῡ-τός (s. v.).

Derivatives: 1. λύσις `loosenig, liberation' (Ω 655 a. ι 421; cf. Krarup Class. et Med. 10, 4f.. Benveniste Noms d'agent 77, Holt Les noms d'action en - σις 71ff., Porzig Satzinhalte 196), from the prefixcompp. ἀπό-, ἀνά-, διά-, κατά-, ἔκ-λυσις etc. (Thgn., Sol., IA; cf. Holt [s. Index]); davon ( κατα-, ἀπο-)λύσιμος `good for loosening etc.' (trag., Pl., Arist.; Arbenz 66 u. 68); also λύσιος `bringing loosening', surn. of the gods, esp. Dionysos (Pl., Plu.). 2. λύματα pl. = ἐνέχυρα (Suid.); but κατάλῠ-μα n. `inn' (hell.) with - μάτιον (hell. pap.) from κατα-λύω `dismiss, unloose'. 3. Aeol. Dor. λύα f. (Alc., Pi.), λύη (Hdn. Gr.) `loosening, saparation, στάσις'; from it, but deviant in meaning, Λυαῖος, - αία surn. of Dionysos resp. the Great Goddess ( Anakreont., IG 5: 2, 287 [I--II^p]; Tim. Pers. 132), cf. Danielsson Eranos 5, 52 and Sandsjoe Adj. auf - αιος 11 w. n. 1, Lat. LW [loanword] Lyaeus. - 4. ( ἀνα-, κατα-) λυτήρ, - ῆρος m. `liberator, looser, arbiter' (A., E., hell. inscr.) with ( ἐκ-)λυτήριος `loosing, liberating' (Hp., trag.); λυτήριον = λύτρον (Pi., A. R.), but καταλυτήριον = κατάλυμα (Poll., s. above). Fem. λύτειρα (Orph.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 128), also λυτηριάς (Orph.). 5. δια-, κατα-, ἀνα-, συν-λύτης `looser, resp. loging guest, looser, conciliator' (Th., resp. Plb.); here and after λύσις, λύω ( ἀνα-, κατα-, ἐκ-, παρα- etc.) λυτικός `good for loosing.' (Pl., Arist.). - 6. λύτρον `ransom' (usu. pl.), `substitute, retribution' (Pi., IA.; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 203 f., Chantraine Formation 332) with ( ἀπο-, παρα-, ἐκ-)λυτρόω, - όομαι `give free for ransom etc.' (Att.), from where (-) λύτρωσις, λυτρώσι-μος, λυτρωτής, ἀπολυτρωτικός (hell.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [681] * leu(s)- `make loose'

Etymology: The regular Greek formal system is the result of nivellation. Old was the athematic aorist λύ-μην, λύ-το (Schwyzer 740, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 382), new prob. the themat. present λύω with original short (Hom.), then also long (Att.; sts. also Hom.) υ, prob. after λῦσαι etc. (cf. Schwyzer 686, Chantraine 1, 372; also Schulze Q. 387 f., Bonfante Emerita 1, 117). Further agrees with λῠ́ω Lat. luō `mend, pay', to which solvō (from *sĕ-luō) `solve'; the long vowel in so-lū-tus and in Skt. lū-na- `cut off' has an agreement in βου-λῡ-τός (against λύ-το, λύ-σις etc.). The Skt. verb deviates both formally and semantically ('cut off, divide, destroy usw.') with the nasal presents lu-nā́-ti, lu-no-ti; the other finite forms are much later; on full grade verbal nouns (e.g. laví-, lavítra-) s. on λαῖον (not in λοι-δορέω). - From other languages there are isolated verbal nouns or verb forma, which are unimportant for Greek, like Goth. lun acc. sg. ' λύτρον, ransom'; with n-suffix Alb. laj `pay a debt' (from IE *lǝu̯n-i̯ō?). Besides with s-enlargement Germ. e.g. Goth. fra-liusan `lose' (IE * leus-) wiht fralusts `loss' (IE. * lus-ti-), fra-lus-nan `be lost'. - More forms WP. 2, 407 f., Pok. 681 f., W.-Hofmann s. 2. luō.

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