λάσθη: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[insult]], [[mockery]] (Hdt. 6, 67, AP 7, 345, H.).<br />Derivatives: Cf. the glosses of Hesychius : <b class="b3">λάσθω</b> and <b class="b3">λασάσθω χλευαζέτω</b>; <b class="b3">λάσθαι παίζειν</b>, <b class="b3">ὀλιγωρεῖν</b>, <b class="b3">λοιδορεῖν</b>; <b class="b3">λάσθων κακολογῶν</b>; <b class="b3">λάσθον αἰσχρόν</b>; <b class="b3">λάσθας συμφοράς</b>. <b class="b3">λασθαίνειν κακολογεῖν</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: No etymologie. Often as <b class="b3">λάσ-θη</b> connected with Lat. <b class="b2">las-cīvus</b> [[wanton]], [[luxuriant]], [[lascivious]], Skt. <b class="b2">lā-las-a-</b> [[greedy]] (Bq s. <b class="b3">λιλαίομαι</b>, WP. 2, 386, Pok. 654, W.-Hofmann s.v.); semantically not very adequate. Diff. Fick, 1, 532: from <b class="b3">*λαξστα</b> to Germ., e. g. OHG [[lastar]] [[scorn]], [[revilement]] (OHG [[lahan]] etc. [[revile]]); phonetically impossible; Schulze KZ 28, 270 n. 1 (Kl. Schr. 438 n. 1): <b class="b3">λά-σθη</b> to Goth. <b class="b2">laí-lo</b> [[reviled]]; Pisani Ist. Lomb. 73, 528ff.: from <b class="b3">*λαθ-τα</b> to <b class="b3">λαθεῖν</b>; in spite of <b class="b3">λάσθη</b> ... <b class="b3">λήθη</b> H. semantically doubtful. So no etym.; Pre-Greek?