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|Definition=τό (derived by the ancients from <b class="b3">λύγξ, οὖρον</b>, and supposed to be the coagulated urine of the lynx, Dsc.2.81, Plu.2.962f, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>1.119</span>), a kind of <span class="sense"> | |Definition=τό (derived by the ancients from <b class="b3">λύγξ, οὖρον</b>, and supposed to be the coagulated urine of the lynx, Dsc.2.81, Plu.2.962f, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>1.119</span>), a kind of <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[amber]] (glossed by [[ἤλεκτρον]], Hsch., cf. <span class="bibl">Str. 4.6.2</span>), <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>28</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).161 <span class="title">B</span>49 (Delos, iii B.C.), al., 22.1534.100, <span class="bibl">Str.4.5.3</span> (pl.):—also written λυγκούριον, λιγκούριον, and λιγγούριον in codd.; λογγούριον <span class="bibl">Aët.2.35</span>.</span> | ||
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Revision as of 14:21, 30 December 2020
English (LSJ)
τό (derived by the ancients from λύγξ, οὖρον, and supposed to be the coagulated urine of the lynx, Dsc.2.81, Plu.2.962f, S.E.P.1.119), a kind of A amber (glossed by ἤλεκτρον, Hsch., cf. Str. 4.6.2), Thphr.Lap.28, IG11(2).161 B49 (Delos, iii B.C.), al., 22.1534.100, Str.4.5.3 (pl.):—also written λυγκούριον, λιγκούριον, and λιγγούριον in codd.; λογγούριον Aët.2.35.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
ambre fossile.
Étymologie: λύγξ¹, οὐρέω¹.
Greek Monolingual
λυγγούριον και λυγκούριον και λιγγούριον και λιγκούριον και λογγούριον, τὸ (Α)
1. πολύτιμος λίθος, είδος εξαιρετικού, σκληρότατου και στερεότατου ηλέκτρου, που, κατά τον Διοσκουρίδη, προέρχεται από αποκρυσταλλωμένα ούρα του ζώου λυγξ και διακρίνεται ανάλογα με την προέλευσή του σε άρρεν ή θήλυ, ήμερο ή άγριο, από τα οποία το άρρεν και το άγριο θεωρούνταν ως πολυτιμότερα
2. είδος υακίνθου
3. ο τουρμαλίνης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λύγξ (I), -γκός (-γγός) + οὖρον (< οὐρῶ). Οι τ. λιγκούριον και λογγούριον είναι πιθ. εσφ. γρφ. του τ.].
Russian (Dvoretsky)
λυγγούριον: τό красная амбра Plut.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: a kind of amber (Thphr.)
Other forms: also λιγγ-, λιγκ-; note λυγκούριον τὸ ἤλεκτρον H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]\/LW [loanword] Eur.
Etymology: See also s. λύγξ 2. λυγγούριον (λυγκ-, λιγκ- a. o.) n. kind of amber (Thphr., Delos IIIa, Str. usw.), subst. bahuvrihi of λύγξ and οὖρον, as the stone was considered as urine of the lynx. -- As to λυγγούριον, it has variants λογούριον ὕελος, Λάκωνες H and λογούριον ὕαλος Η, which rather show that it is a foreign word, from which the explanation with the urine arose; it is just a folketymol. phantasy. Fur. 278 n. 43.