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|etymtx=See also: s. [[λάβδα]]. | |etymtx=See also: s. [[λάβδα]]. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=<br />Λ, λ, [[λάμβδα]] [[λάβδα]], τό, indecl., [[eleventh]] [[letter]] of the Gr. Alphabet: as a [[numeral]] λ#= 30, but #22λ = 30, 000.<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[attic]] λ is [[sometimes]] represented by π, as [[κλίβανος]] [[κρίβανος]], [[γλώσσαλγος]] γλώσσαργος, [[ναύκραρος]] [[ναύκληρος]], ἀλκ-ή ἀρκ-εῖν: so, ὁλᾷς Θέωλος [[κόλαξ]] were lisping pronunc. for ὁρᾷς Θέωρος [[κόραξ]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> doric λ becomes ν, as, [[ἦνθον]] [[φίντατος]] for [[ἦλθον]] [[φίλτατος]]; [[whereas]] [[attic]] λ [[sometimes]] replaces ν, as, [[λίτρον]] [[πλεύμων]] for [[νίτρον]] [[πνεύμων]].<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[initial]] λ is dropt, as [[εἴβω]] for [[λείβω]], αἰψηρὸς [[ἀφύσσω]] [[ἄχνη]] for λαιψηρὸς [[λαφύσσω]] [[λάχνη]].<br /><b class="num">4.</b> epic Poets [[double]] λ, metri grat., esp. [[after]] the [[augment]], as, [[ἔλλαβε]] [[ἐλλιτάνευε]]; and in compds., as in [[τρίλλιστος]]:—and [[Homer]] omits λ, [[where]] two [[come]] [[together]], metri grat., as [[Ἀχιλεύς]].<br /><b class="num">5.</b> δ [[sometimes]] becomes λ, cf. [[δέλτα]], II. 5.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> γ and λ are interchanged in [[μόγις]] [[μόλις]].<br /><b class="num">7.</b> ν [[before]] λ becomes λ, as in [[συλλαμβάνω]] [[ἐλλείπω]]. | |||
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