λοβός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">lobe of the ear</b>, <b class="b3">ἐΰτρητοι</b> (for wearing ear-rings) λ. <span class="bibl">Il.14.182</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>6.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prog.</span>2</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>492a16</span>; ἄκροι λ. Lyc.1401. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">lobe of the liver</b>, to which special attention was paid in divination, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>495</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>827</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>71c</span>, <span class="bibl">Euphro 7</span>: generally, [[liver]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>159</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[lobe]] of the lung, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>6.4</span>, al.; of the whole [[lung]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Loc.Hom.</span>14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[capsule]] or [[pod]] of leguminous plants (cf. [[ἔλλοβος]]), <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.11.2</span>, etc.; esp. of <b class="b3">φασίολοι</b> or <b class="b3">δόλιχοι</b>, because they were eaten pod and all, Gal.6.557, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>5.175c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in rose leaves, <b class="b2">the white part</b>, elsewh. <b class="b3">ὄνυξ</b>, Gal.12.748.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[lobe]], [[lap]], [[slip]] as appellation of several lap- or sliplike parts of body or plant, esp. <b class="b2">lobe of the ear</b> (Ξ 182), also <b class="b2">lobe of liver</b> (Hp., A., E., Pl.), <b class="b2">of the lung</b> (medic.) etc.; <b class="b2">lap, Blättchen des Fliederblattes</b> (Thphr.), <b class="b2">capsula with seeds, (hanging down) pods of siliquosae- and leguminous plants</b> ans these themselves, <b class="b2">pod, seed-lobe, fruit-lobe in gen.</b> (Thphr., Dsc., Gal.). Details in Strömberg Eranos 40, 90ff.; he wants to explain the meaning [[pod]], [[case]] through popular association with <b class="b3">λοπός</b> [[shell]], [[bark]], [[scale]], which is superfluous with the development of meanings scetched above. Demin. <b class="b3">λόβιον</b> (Gal., Dsc.).<br />Compounds: Often as 2. member, e.g. <b class="b3">πρό-λοβος</b> m. <b class="b2">crop of birds, Adam's apple</b> (Arist., LXX), but <b class="b3">προ-λόβιον</b> <b class="b2">the front part of the lobe of the ear</b> (Poll., H.); <b class="b3">ἔλ-λοβος</b> <b class="b2">in a pod, with pod</b> (Thphr.; lengthened <b class="b3">ἐλλοβ-ώδης</b> <b class="b2">id.</b>; cf. Strömberg Theophrastea 164), but <b class="b3">ἐλ-λόβιον</b> <b class="b2">ear-ring</b> (Luc., S.E.); <b class="b3">ἀντι-λόβιον</b>, <b class="b3">-βίς</b> <b class="b2">part of the ear-lobe opposite to the προλόβιον</b> (medic.); <b class="b3">ἐπιλοβίς μέρος τοῦ ἥπατος</b> H.; as adj. in <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπιλοβὶς γλῶσσα</b> <b class="b2">lobe of the liver</b> (of soothsayers, PAmh. 2, 14, 21; III--IVp); as building term <b class="b3">καταλοβεύς</b> m. <b class="b2">uppercornice, cross-beam</b> (Epid., Hierapytna); <b class="b3">ὀξυλοβ-έω</b> <b class="b3">τὸ ταχέως ἀκούω</b>' (Suid.), from <b class="b3">*ὀξύ-λοβος</b>, s. Strömberg l.c.<br />Derivatives: Dimin. <b class="b3">λόβιον</b> (Gal, Dsc.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Etymology unknown. Semantically attractive is the connection with NHG [[Lappen]] a. cognates., e.g. OE [[læppa]] m. [[tip]], [[lap]], <b class="b2">ēar-læppa</b> <b class="b2">ear-lobe</b>, also without expressive gemination as WNo. [[lapa]] <b class="b2">hang slack</b>, MLG <b class="b2">ōr-lepel</b> <b class="b2">ear-lobe</b>. Further with deviating <b class="b2">a-</b>vowel Lat. [[labāre]] [[totter]], [[give way]] beside long vowel in [[lābor]], [[lābī]] [[glide]]; with initial <b class="b2">sl-</b> e.g. MLG [[slap]] 'sleck', Lith. <b class="b2">slãbnas</b>, OCS [[slabъ]] [[slack]]; extensively on these WP. 2, 431 f., W.- Hofmann s. [[labō]]; also Pok. 655 f.; Fraenkel Wb. s. <b class="b2">slãbnas</b>, Vasmer Wb. s. <b class="b2">slábyj</b>. The IE [[b]] may, like the varying vocalisation, be connected with the popular-expressive character of these words. - Connection with Lat. [[legūmen]] <b class="b2">leguminous plant etc.</b> (Fick, Prellwitz) would presuppose IE <b class="b2">*legʷ-</b>, which would be more attractive; the Lat. word, however, has also been interpreted differently, s. W.-Hofmann s. v. - Beside <b class="b3">λοβός</b> there seems to have been a form <b class="b3">*λέβος</b>, s. 1. <b class="b3">λεβηρίς</b> (?). If this is correct - but it is rather unreliable - the word may be Pre-Greek; the cited IE forms rather point to a European substratum word.