λήδιον
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)
or ληδίον, τό, Dim. of λῆδος, IG22.1514.45, 1516.23, 1517.149, 151 (iv B.C.):—also λῄδιον or λῃδίον, τό, Men.1028, Clearch. 25, Machoap.Ath.13.582d sq., Hsch.; cj. Toup for λήϊον, Suid.; cf. λῆδος, ληϊδιώδεις.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
vêtement léger ; vêtement pauvre ou usé.
Étymologie: λῆδος².
Greek Monolingual
λήδιον καί ληδίον και λήδιον και ληδίον, τὸ (Α)
υποκορ. του λήδος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < λῆδος (πρβλ. τειχίον: τεῖχος)].
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: a light cloth = τριβώνιον or ἱμάτιον εὑτελές H.
Other forms: or ληδίον (Att. inscr. IVa), λῄδ-, λῃδίον, λήιδ- (Men.) Dor. λᾶδος (Alcm.; λᾳ̃δος, λαι- H.).
Derivatives: Dimin. ληδάριον, v. l. λῃδ- (Ar. Av. 715, 915). Adj. ληιδιώδεις τριβωνιώδεις (cod. -ίδες) H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Basis λῆδος (H.), Dor. λᾶδος (Alcm.; λαι- H.) τριβώνιον' (cf. e.g. τειχίον : τεῖχος). - Unexplained; unacceptable hypotheses by Prellwitz are rejected by Bq. - The variation shows that the word is Pre-Greek.
