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Παρθένε, ἐν ἀκροπόλει Τελεσῖνος ἄγαλμ' ἀνέθηκεν, Κήττιος, ᾧ χαίρουσα, διδοίης ἄλλο ἀναθεῖναι → O Virgin goddess, Telesinos from the deme of Kettos has set up a statue on the Acropolis. If you are pleased with it, please grant that he set up another
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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[a kind of amber]] (Thphr.)<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">λιγγ-</b>, <b class="b3">λιγκ-</b>; note <b class="b3">λυγκούριον τὸ ἤλεκτρον</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] | |etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[a kind of amber]] (Thphr.)<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">λιγγ-</b>, <b class="b3">λιγκ-</b>; note <b class="b3">λυγκούριον τὸ ἤλεκτρον</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]/LW [loanword] Eur.<br />Etymology: See also s. [[λύγξ]] 2. [[λυγγούριον]] (<b class="b3">λυγκ-</b>, <b class="b3">λιγκ-</b> 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 <b class="b3">λογούριον ὕελος</b>, [[Λάκωνες]] H and <b class="b3">λογούριον ὕαλος Η</b>, 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. | ||
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Revision as of 09:00, 1 November 2021
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.