λάφυρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">λᾰ], τά</b>, Arg. φάλυρα <span class="title">SIG</span>56.9 (v B.C.):—[[spoils]] taken in war, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>278</span>, <span class="bibl">479</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>417</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>93</span>; ἀρετᾶς λ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>646</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.24</span>, <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact. 16.8</span>, <span class="title">Marm.Par.</span>53, <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ju.</span>15.7</span>: —also in sg. λάφυρον, <span class="bibl">Hellanic.143</span> J., <span class="bibl">Plb.2.62.12</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).386.23 (Amorgos), Plu.2.330d, <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.4.13</span>, al.; <b class="b3">τὸ λ. ἐπικηρύττειν κατά τινων</b> give public authority for plundering a people, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.26.7</span>; cf. [[ῥύσιον]], [[σύλη]].

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[spoils]] (Ion.- Att.),<br />Other forms: pl., also sg. <b class="b3">-ον</b>,<br />Compounds: as 1. member e. g. <b class="b3">λαφυρο-πώλης</b> m. [[who sells spoils]] (X.);<br />Derivatives: [[λαφυρεύω]] (LXX), <b class="b3">-έω</b> (Aq.) [[plunder]].<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Formation with <b class="b3">ρ-</b>suffix (evt. <b class="b3">λ-</b>suff. with dissim.), first from a <b class="b3">υ-</b>stem, beside which we find in <b class="b3">ἀμφι-λαφής</b> (IA.; <b class="b3">*λάφος</b>) an <b class="b3">σ-</b>stem. The primary verb is seen in Skt. <b class="b2">lábhate</b> [[take]], [[seize]]; further one connects from Baltic several nouns, e. g. Lith. <b class="b2">lõbis</b> [[big possession]], [[treasure]], [[riches]] (IE <b class="b2">*lābh-</b>), <b class="b2">lãbas</b> [[good]], subst. <b class="b2">good(s)</b> (Fraenkel Wb. s. v.). Forms of this verb may also be found in the stem of <b class="b3">λαμ-βάνω</b>, s. v. - This interpretation is wrong; the word has the suffix <b class="b3">-υρ-</b> which is Pre-Greek (Beekes, Pre-Greek, Suffixes).