λίστρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, [[tool for levelling]] or [[smoothing]], [[spade]], [[shovel]], <span class="bibl">Od.22.455</span>, Lyc. 1348, <span class="bibl">Mosch.4.101</span>:—later also λίστρ-ος, ὁ, Sch.<span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>29</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>587.43</span>.

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n. (<b class="b3">-ος</b> m.)<br />Meaning: [[tool for levelling]], [[spade]], [[shovel etc.]]' (χ 455, Lyc., Mosch.).<br />Derivatives: Diminut. [[λίστριον]] n. (Ar. Fr. 809, inscr. Lebadea), [[λιστρωτός]] [[flattened]], [[smoothed]] (Nic.) with [[λιστρόω]] (Eust.), [[λιστρεύω]] [[dig round]] (ω 227), [[λιστραίνω]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Suid.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Instrument name in <b class="b3">-τρον</b> without explanation. May belong as <b class="b3">*λίτ-τρον</b> to [[λίς]], <b class="b3">λιτ-ός</b> [[smooth]], [[even]] (Curtius 367). Against connection with Latv. [[lîdu]], [[lîst]], Lith. <b class="b2">lýdyti</b> [[dig up]], [[unearth]], [[smoothen]] (Bezzenberger-Fick BB 6, 240; s. Specht KZ 66, 220) Fraenkel Wb. s.v.; against connecting Lat. [[līra]] [[furrow]] (Niedermann IF 18 Anz. 80) Bq, WP. 2, 379, W.-Hofmann s. v.