λαιός

English (LSJ)

(A), ὁ, a kind of thrush, prob. the blue thrush, blue rock thrush, Monticola solitarius, Petrocichla cyanus, Arist.HA617a15, Ant.Lib.19.3.

(B), λαιά, λαιόν, left, λαιᾷ μὲν ἴτυν προβάλεσθε (sc. χειρί) Tyrt.15.3; λαιᾶς χειρός = on the left hand, A.Pr.714; πρὸς λαιᾷ χερί E.HF159; λαιοῖσι on the left, Parm.17; ἐπὶ λαιὰ κεκλιμένον Arat.160, cf. Heliod. ap.Stob.4.36.8; οἱ τὸ λαιὸν ἔχοντες (sc. μέρος) D.S.13.99; ἐς λαιὰν ἐσιόντων χῆρα (Dor.) IG14.1721.3; τῇ λαιᾷ τοῦ δεξιοῦ λαβόμενος κέρως Philostr.Jun.Im.4. (Poet., but not in Hom., who uses ἀριστερός: also in later Prose, τὰ διδόμενα τῇ δεξιᾷ δέχεσθαι τῇ λαιᾷ χειρί Prov. ap.Plb.38.10.9, cf. Jul.Or.2.57d, etc.) (Orig. λαιϝός, cf. Lat. laevus, Slav. lèvǔ: in Hsch. we have λαίβα, i.e. λαίϝα, = ἀσπίς, because borne on the left arm; cf. λαῖφα, λαῖτα, λαφός.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 7] laevus, links, λαιᾶς δὲ χειρός, linker Hand, Aesch. Prom. 716; λαιᾷ χερί, Eur. Herc. Fur. 159; κέρας, Suppl. 705; sp. D. In Prosa erst bei Sp., wie Hdn. 4, 2, 5. Vgl. ἀριστερός u. εὐώνυμος.

French (Bailly abrégé)

1ά, όν :
gauche, situé à gauche.
Étymologie: p. λαιϜός, cf. lat. laevus.
2οῦ (ὁ) :
grive oiseau, ou sorte de merle vivant dans les pierres.
Étymologie: λᾶας.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

λαιός: (= ἀριστερὁς и εὐώνυμος) левый (χείρ Aesch.; κέρας Eur.).
I ὁ Arst. v.l. = λάϊος.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

λαιός: ὁ, εἶδος κίχλης, ἴσως ἡ Turdus torquatus, Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 19, Ἀντ. Λιβερ. 19.

Greek Monolingual

(I)
λαιός, ὁ (Α)
το πουλί πετροκότσυφας («τούτων ὅμοιος τῷ μέλανι κοττύφῳ ἐστὶ λαιός», Αριστοτ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Η λ. συνδέεται πιθ. με τη λ. λᾶας «λίθος», πετροκόσσυφος.
(II)
λαιός, -ά, -όν (Α)
αριστερός, ζερβός («τὰ. διδόμενα τῇ δεξιᾷ δέχεσθαι τῇ λαιᾷ χειρί» — όσα δίνεις με το δεξί να τά παίρνεις με το αριστερό χέρι, Πολ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Ο τ. lai-fos ανάγεται στην ΙΕ ρίζα lai-wo- «αριστερός» και συνδέεται με λατ. laevus «αριστερός», αρχ. σλαβ. lěvŭ, ρωσ. levyj].

Greek Monotonic

λαιός: -ά, -όν, Λατ. laevus, αριστερός, λαῖας χειρός, στο αριστερό χέρι, σε Αισχύλ.· πρὸς λαιᾷ χερί, σε Ευρ.

Frisk Etymological English

1.
Grammatical information: adj.
Meaning: left, ἡ λαιά the left (hand) (Tyrt., A.);
Derivatives: Diminut. (context unknown) λαίδιον ἀριστερόν, εὑώνυμον H.
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [652] *leh₂iu̯o- left
Etymology: Old word for left, identical with Lat. laevus, Slav., e. g. OCS lěvъ, Russ. lévyj; IE. *lai̯u̯os = *leh₂i-uo-?; on the phonetics Schwyzer 266 a. 314, on the u̯o-suffix ibd. 472 and Chantraine Form. 122f. Substantivized is λαίβα (= λαίϜα) ἀσπίς, πέλτη H.; prop. "what is worn in the left"(?). Here also Illyr. PN Laevicus, Levo (Krahe Spr. d. Illyr. 1, 55). - Hypothesis on a basic meaning crooked and further suggestions for connections, all quite hypothetic or arbitrary, in WP. 2, 378 f., W.-Hofmann s. laevus; also Huisman KZ 71, 104 (to λαιμός, λαῖτμα; IE. *lei- towards below, askew, but this is phonetically impossible). On spread and use of λαιός, σκαιός, ἀριστερός Chantraine Μνήμης χάριν 1, 61 ff. - Fur. 339 compares λαφός ὁ ἀριστερᾳ̃ χειρὶ χρώμενος Η.; but Lat. laevus can hardly be separated from the word.
2.
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: a kind of thrush, `Petrocichla (cyanus, saxatilis).
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]
Etymology: Perh. from λᾶας stone, cf. NGr. πετρο-κόσσυφος thrush; see Thompson Birds s. v. -

Middle Liddell

λαιός, ή, όν
Lat. laevus, left, λαιᾶς χειρός on the left hand, Aesch.; πρὸς λαιᾷ χερί Eur.

Frisk Etymology German

λαιός: 1.
{laiós}
Forms: ἡ λαιά die Linke (poet. seit Tyrt., A., sp. Prosa);
Meaning: link,
Derivative: Deminutivum (aus unbekanntem Zusammenhang) λαίδιον· ἀριστερόν, εὐώνυμον H.
Etymology: Altes Wort für link, mit lat. laevus, slav., z. B. aksl. levъ, russ. lévyj identisch; idg. *lai̯u̯os; zum Lautlichen Schwyzer 266 u. 314, zum u̯o- Suffix ebd. 472 und Chantraine Form. 122f. Eine Substantivierung ist λαίβα (= λαίϝα)· ἀσπίς, πέλτη H.; eig. "die in der Linken getragene". Hierher noch illyr. PN wie Laevicus, Levo (Krahe Spr. d. Illyr. 1, 55). — Vermutungen über eine Grundbedeutung gekrümmt und weitere Anknüpfungsversuche, alle ganz hypothetisch oder willkürlich, bei WP. 2, 378 f., W.-Hofmann s. laevus; dazu noch Huisman KZ 71, 104 (zu λαιμός, λαῖτμα; idg. lei- nach unten, schief). Über Verbreitung und Gebrauch von λαιός, σκαιός, ἀριστερός Chantraine Μνήμης χάριν 1, 61 ff.
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2.
{laiós}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: N. einer Drosselart, ‘Petrocichla (cyanus, saxatilis)’.
Etymology: Wohl von λᾶας Stein, vgl. ngr. πετροκόσσυφος Drossel; dazu Thompson Birds s. v.
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Wikipedia EN

blue rock thrush

The blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius) is a species of chat. This thrush-like Old World flycatcher was formerly placed in the family Turdidae. It breeds in southern Europe, northwest Africa, and from Central Asia to northern China and Malaysia. The blue rock thrush is the official national bird of Malta (the word for it in Maltese being Merill) and was shown on the Lm 1 coins that were part of the country's former currency.

Translations

left (adjective)

Acehnese: wie; Afrikaans: links; Aklanon: waea; Albanian: majtë; Amharic: ግራ; Arabic: يَسَار, شِمَال; Egyptian Arabic: شمال; Hijazi Arabic: يسار, شُمال; Armenian: ձախ; Aromanian: stãngu; Assamese: বাওঁ; Asturian: izquierdu, esquierdu; Azerbaijani: sol; Balinese: kebot; Bashkir: һул, һулаҡай; Basque: ezker; Belarusian: левы; Bengali: বাঁ; Bhojpuri: बायाँ; Bikol Central: wala; Buginese: abeo; Bulgarian: ляв; Burmese: ဘယ်, ဝဲ; Buryat: зүүн; Catalan: esquerre; Cebuano: wala; Central Dusun: gibang; Chechen: аьрру; Chinese Cantonese: 左; Dungan: зуә; Mandarin: 左; Cornish: kledh; Czech: levý, levá, levé; Danish: venstre; Dutch: links, linker; Erzya: керш; Esperanto: maldekstra, liva; Estonian: vasak, pahem; Even: дьэгэнгэг; Evenki: дегинңу; Faroese: vinstra; Fijian: i mawī, mawi; Finnish: vasen; French: gauche; Galician: esquerda, xiquerda, seestra, saestra, seistra; Georgian: მარცხენა; German: link; Old High German: winstero, winistro, winstro; Gilbertese: máing; Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌰; Greek: αριστερός; Ancient Greek: ἀριστερός, λαιός, εὐώνυμος; Hawaiian: hema; Hebrew: שְׂמֹאל; Hiligaynon: wala; Hindi: बायाँ, बाएँ; Hungarian: bal; Icelandic: vinstri; Ido: sinistra; Ilocano: kanigid; Indonesian: kiri; Ingrian: kura; Ingush: аьрда; Interlingua: sinistre, leve; Irish: clé; Italian: sinistro; Japanese: 左; Javanese: kiwa, kering; Kalmyk: зүн; Kashubian: lewi; Kazakh: сол; Khmer: ឆ្វេង; Korean: 왼, 왼쪽; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: çep; Kyrgyz: сол; Ladin: man ciancia; Ladino: siedra; Lakota: catkayata; Lao: ຊ້າຍ; Latgalian: kairuo; Latin: laevus, scaevus, sinister; Latvian: kreiss; Lithuanian: kairioji; Luxembourgish: lénks; Macedonian: лев; Madurese: kacer; Makasar: kairi; Malay: kiri; Malayalam: ഇടത്; Maltese: xellug; Manchu: ᡥᠠᠰᡥᡡ; Maori: mauī; Mi'kmaq: inaganeq; Minangkabau: kida; Moksha: кержи; Mongolian: зүүн; Nanai: деги; Naxi: wai; Neapolitan: sinisto; Nias: kabera; Norwegian: venstre; Occitan: esquèr; Odia: ବାମ; Ojibwe: namanjinik, namanjinikan; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: лѣвъ; Old East Slavic: лѣвъ; Old English: winestra; Old Frisian: winstera; Old Javanese: kiwa, keriṅ; Ottoman Turkish: صول; Pangasinan: kawigi; Pashto: يسار; Persian: چپ; Polish: lewy; Portuguese: esquerdo; Quechua: lluq'i; Romani Vlax Romani: stïngo; Romanian: stâng; Romansch: seniester; Russian: левый; Samoan: tau-aŋavale; Sanskrit: सव्य, वाम; Scottish Gaelic: ceàrr, clì; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ле̑вӣ, лије̑вӣ; Roman: lȇvī, lijȇvī; Shor: сол; Slovak: ľаvý; Slovene: levi; Somali: bidix; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: lěwy; Upper Sorbian: lěwy; Southern Altai: сол; Spanish: izquierdo; Sundanese: kiwa; Swahili: kushoto; Swedish: vänster; Tagalog: kaliwa; Tahitian: ʻaui; Tajik: чап; Tamil: இடது; Tarantino: mmanghe; Tarifit: aẓermaḍ; Tatar: сул; Telugu: ఎడమ; Tetum: karuk; Thai: ซ้าย; Tibetan: གཡོན, གཡོན་པ; Tocharian B: saiwai; Tongan: hema; Turkish: sol; Turkmen: çep; Tuvan: солагай; Udi: дзах; Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍; Ukrainian: лі́вий; Urdu: بایاں; Uyghur: سول, چەپ; Uzbek: soʻl, chap; Vietnamese: trái; Vilamovian: lewo; Waray-Waray: wala; Welsh: chwith; Yagnobi: чап; Yakut: хаҥас; Yiddish: לינק; Zande: gare; Zazaki: çep; Zealandic: lienks; Zhuang: swix

blue rock thrush

Dutch: blauwe rotslijster; Finnish: sinirastas; French: merle bleu, monticole bleu, monticole merle-bleu; German: Blaumerle; Greek: γαλαζοκότσυφας; Ancient Greek: λαιός; Latin: Monticola solitarius; Maltese: merill; Polish: modrak; Russian: синий каменный дрозд; Spanish: roquero solitario; Swedish: blåtrast