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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">a humour that gathers in the corner of the eye, rheum</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">VM</span>19</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prog.</span>2</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">sore eyes</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>301</span> (v. Sch.): metaph., <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ Πειραιέως λ</b>. the <b class="b2">eye-sore</b> of Piraeus, of Aegina, Pericles ap.<span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1411a15</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>8</span>; <b class="b3">Κρονικαὶ λῆμαι</b> old prejudices <b class="b2">that dim the mind's eye</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>581</span>; ὄψεως λ. ἡ δεισιδαιμονία Plu.2.1101c. (Cf. <b class="b3">λάμας</b>.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">humour in the corner of the eye, rheum</b>, also metaph. (Hp., Ar., Plu.).<br />Derivatives: Diminut. <b class="b3">λημίον</b> (Hp.), <b class="b3">λημύδριον</b> (Gal.); <b class="b3">λημ-αλέος</b> (Luc.), <b class="b3">-ηρός</b> (Heliod.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b> (Alex. Trall.) <b class="b2">full of λ.</b>; <b class="b3">λημ-ότης</b> (Sch.), <b class="b3">-ωσις</b> (medic. pap.; cf. <b class="b3">ἴλλωσις</b>, <b class="b3">κνίδωσις</b>); <b class="b3">λημ-άω</b> <b class="b2">have rheum</b> (Hp., Ar.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: An Dor. form seems found in <b class="b3">λάμας μύξας</b> H. (cod. <b class="b3">λαμάς μῦς</b>). Unexplained. Rejectable hypotheses in Bq and Hofmann Et. Wb.; after Mann Lang. 28, 36 f. to Alb. [[llom]] [[dregs]] (phonetically unconvincing), Lat. [[lāma]] [[puddle]], [[marsh]], [[mud]], Lith. <b class="b2">lõmas</b> [[pit]], [[hollow]], [[lower spot]] (semant. unconvincing). - Rather Pre-Greek than IE?