λαίγματα
τοῦ δὲ πολέμου οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί → in war, opportunities won't wait | the chances of war will not wait (Thucydides 1.142.2)
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Grammatical information: n. pl.
Meaning: πέμματα, οἱ δέ σπέρματα, ἱερὰ ἀπάργματα H.; λαῖγμα τὸ ἱερόν (Theognost. Can. 9);
Derivatives: Cf. λάγματα (Cyr., Phot.), λαῖτμα θῦμα H. (cod. λαιτμάθημα), also as v.l. (cod. Ven.) Ar. Av. 1563 beside λαῖμα in uncertain meaning; thus also Suid. with many interpretations (αἷμα, λαιμός etc.). Cf. (with ὀλβ- = ὀλϜ-) ὀλβ-άχνιον n. basket for the ὀλαί (EM 257, 53 [Syracus.]; on the formation cf. πέταχνον and Chantraine Form. 195; ?); also ὀλβάχιον κανοῦν. Δεινόλοχος H.; ὀλβακήϊα id. (Dor. after H. s. εὔπλουτον κανοῦν). ὀλαγμεύειν ὀλὰς βάλλειν Phot. with ὀλαιμεύς ὁ (cod. τὸ) τὰς ὀλὰς βάλλων H.; on γ λαίγματα ι s.v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 22. These words do not belong to οὐλαί (in spite of the suggestion of the gloss).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: No etymology. The variation λα-\/λαι- points to a Pre-Greek word. So does the variant ὀλαγ- (Furnée 337) and ὀλβαχ-, ὀλβακ-. The word may have had a labialised l (lʷ), before which the prothetic a- became [[[ο]]]; but it may just have been -lw-.
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λαίγματα: {laígmata}
Meaning: πέμματα, οἱ δέ σπέρματα, ἱερὰ ἀπάργματα H., λαῖγμα· τὸ ἱερόν (Theognost. Kan. 9);
Derivative: daneben λάγματα (Kyr., Phot.), λαῖτμα· θῦμα H. (cod. λαιτμάθημα), auch als v.l. (cod. Ven.) Ar. Av. 1563 neben λαῖμα in dunkler Bedeutung; ebenso Suid. mit einer Fülle von Erklärungen (αἷμα, λαιμός u. a. m.).
Etymology : Ohne Etymologie.
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