λίμβος
Τοὺς δούλους ἔταξεν ὡρισμένου νομίσματος ὁμιλεῖν ταῖς θεραπαινίσιν → He arranged for his male slaves to have sex with female slaves at a fixed price (Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder 21.2)
English (LSJ)
(or λιμβός), ον,
A = λίχνος, Hsch., Anon.in EN182.9, etc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λίμβος: ἢ λιμβός, ον, μεταγεν. λέξις ἀντὶ λίχνος, Ἡσύχ., κτλ.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: adj.
Meaning: desirous, fond of sweets' (Arist.-comm., H. ).
Other forms: (λιμβός) λίχνος',
Derivatives: λιμβεύω λιχνεύω, be desirous' with λιμβεία = λιχνεία (Hdn. Epim., H.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: -- Unexplained like so many other popular words in -βος (Chantraine Form. 261 f.). The connection with Lat. lībāre as taste, sip (Prellwitz, WP. 2, 391) must be abandoned, as this meaning developped from pour out (a little), s. W.-Hofmann s. v. Also the further connection with ὀλιβρός slippery, smooth, with which Germ., e.g. MHG slīpen, OHG slīfan drag, glide (Bq, WP. l.c., Hofmann Et. Wb.) is not very convincing.
