λάβδα
ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις → Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world
English (LSJ)
τό, indecl., the letter λ, Ar.Ec.920 (Sch.), Eup.359 (prob.), Pl.Cra.434c, Arist.HA514b18, Callias ap.Ath.10.453d, Phld.Po.2 Fr.42: the form λάμβδα, Ar.Ec.l.c. cod. R, v.l. in Arist.l.c., etc., is incorrect. (Hebr. lāmedh.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1] τό, = λάμβδα, Plat. Crat. 427 b; Arist. H. A. 3, 4. In obscönem Sinne, δοκεῖς δέ μοι καὶ λάβδα κατὰ τοὺς Λεσβίους, Ar. Eccl. 920, cod. Rav. λάμβδα, eine Leckerinn nach Art. der Lesbier, fellatrix; vgl. Auson. Epigr. 120; Eupol. bei Phot. u. Eust. 293, 39, ἐξεπλάγην γὰρ ἰδὼν στίλβοντα τὰ λάβδα, die Schilde der Lacedämonier, die mit Λ bezeichnet waren.
French (Bailly abrégé)
(τό) :
indécl.
c. λάμβδα.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
λάβδα: τό indecl. = λάμβδα.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λάβδα: τό, ἄκλ., = λάμβδα, Ἀριστοφ. Ἐκκλ. 920 (κατὰ τὸν Σχολ.), Εὔπολ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 37, Πλάτ. Κρατ. 434C, 435Α, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 3. 4, 6, πρβλ. Ἀθήν. 453D.
Greek Monolingual
Greek Monotonic
λάβδα: τό, άκλιτο, = λάμβδα, σε Αριστοφ., κ.λπ.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n. indecl.
Meaning: the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet (Att.); later (with sec. nasal) λάμβδα (Ar., Arist. as v.l.).
Derivatives: λαβδακισμός m. special use or pronunciation of the λ (Quint.); cf. on ἰωτακισμός s. ἰῶτα.
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.
Etymology: From Semit.; cf. Hebr. lāmedh. Gr. λαβδ- agrees with Sem. lamb-; Schwyzer 140 n. 2, 826; Schulze Kl. Schr. 283 f. Doubts in Kretschmer Glotta 6, 307.
Frisk Etymology German
λάβδα: {lábda}
Forms: später (mit sekundärem Nasal) λάμβδα (Ar. u. Arist. als v.l. usw.).
Grammar: n. indekl.
Meaning: der elfte Buchstabe des gr. Alphabets (att. usw.);
Derivative: Davon λαβδακισμός m. ‘besondere Verwendung od. Aussprache des λ’ (Quint. u. a.); vgl. zu ἰωτακισμός s. ἰῶτα.
Etymology: Aus dem Semit.; vgl. hebr. lāmedh. Gr. λαβδ- entspricht sem. lamb-; Schwyzer 140 A. 2 m. Lit., 826; Schulze Kl. Schr. 283 f. Zweifel bei Kretschmer Glotta 6, 307.
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