λείχω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[lick]] (IA).<br />Other forms: aor. [[λεῖξαι]], fut. [[λείξω]],<br />Compounds: also with <b class="b3">περι-</b>, <b class="b3">δια-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀνα-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b> a.o.. As 1. member in <b class="b3">Λειχ-ήνωρ</b> a. other parodising PN (Batr.).<br />Derivatives: [[λειχήν]], <b class="b3">-ῆνος</b> m. "the licker", [[lichen]], [[efflorescence]], [[moss]] (A., Hp., Thphr.; on the formation Schwyzer 487, Chantraine Form. 167) with <b class="b3">λειχήν-η</b> plantname = [[μυρτάκανθος]] (Dsc.), <b class="b3">-ώδης</b>, <b class="b3">-ικός</b> [[lichen-like]] resp. [[belonging to moss]] (medic.), <b class="b3">-ιάω</b> <b class="b2">have the λ.</b> (Thphr.). - <b class="b3">ἔκλειγ-μα</b> (:<b class="b3">ἐκ-λείχω</b>) [[tablette]], [[bonbon]], <b class="b3">ἐκλεικ-τόν</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (medic.). - With diff. ablaut: 1. [[λιχανός]] ([[δάκτυλος]]) m. <b class="b2">the lick-, i.e. forefinger</b> (Hp., pap.), with oppositive accent (Schwyzer 380) [[λίχανος]] m. [[the string stricken by the forefinger]] (Aristox., Arist.); [[λιχάς]], <b class="b3">-άδος</b> f. [[the distance between the forefinger and the thumb]] (Hero, Poll.), after [[διχάς]], [[πεντάς]] a. o. (s. Chantraine 358) for expected <b class="b3">*λιχανάς</b>. 2. [[λιχμάομαι]], <b class="b3">-άω</b>, also with <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">περι-</b> a. o., [[lick]] (since Φ 123; [[λελιχμότες]] Hes. Th. 826 prob. analogical innovation with Leumann Hom. Wörter 218; hardly for <b class="b3">*λελοιχότες</b> to [[λείχω]] with Fraenkel Mél. Boisacq 1, 378) with <b class="b3">λιχμ-ήμων</b>, <b class="b3">-ήρης</b> [[licking]] (Nic.), <b class="b3">λιχμάς θρῖναξ</b>. <b class="b3">καὶ ἁπαλη πόα καὶ χαμαιπετής</b>, <b class="b3">ἥν τὰ ἐρπετὰ ἐπιλείχουσι</b> H.; lengthened forms [[λιχμάζω]] (Hes. Sc. 235, Nic.), <b class="b3">-αινω</b> (Opp.) <b class="b2">id.</b> 3. [[λίχνος]] <b class="b2">fond of sweets, greedy, rapacious, sweet</b> (Att., hell.) with [[λιχνώδης]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Ael.), [[λιχνότης]] [[greediness]] (sch.); denom.. verb [[λιχνεύω]], <b class="b3">-ομαι</b>, also with <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">περι-</b>, [[be greedy]], [[swallow]] (D. H., Ph., Plu.) with [[λίχνευμα]] [[titbit]] (Sophr.), [[λιχνεία]] [[dainty]], [[rapacity]] (Pl., X.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [668] <b class="b2">*leiǵh-</b> [[lick]]<br />Etymology: Beside the thematic rootpresent [[λείχω]], from which all other stemforms derive, there are in the related languages several formations: full grade yotpresent in Lith. <b class="b2">liežiù</b>, OCS <b class="b2">ližǫ</b>; nasalpresent in Lat. [[lingō]]; iterative-formations in Goth. [[bi-laigon]], Lith. <b class="b2">laižýti</b> (IE <b class="b2">*loiǵh-</b>); several full grade formtions in Arm. [[liz-um]], <b class="b2">-em</b>, <b class="b2">-anem</b>; zero grade form in OIr. [[ligim]], with expressive gemination in OHG [[lecchōn]] [[lecken]]' etc. An athematic presens with old ablaut is retained in Skt. <b class="b2">léh-mi</b>, 1. pl. <b class="b2">lih-más</b> (IE <b class="b2">*léiǵh-mi</b>, <b class="b2">*liǵh-més</b>); that Greek also once had zero grade verbal forms , is shown by the nouns [[λιχανός]] (:[[πιθανός]] a.o.; Chantraine Form. 197), [[λίχνος]] (with remarkable barytonesis, Schwyzer 489) and the denominative [[λιχμάομαι]], which presupposes an <b class="b3">μ-</b>stem <b class="b3">λιχ-μ-</b> (Schwyzer 725 n. 9). - More forms in WP. 2, 400f., Pok. 668, W.-Hofmann s. [[lingō]], Fraenkel s. <b class="b2">liẽžti</b>, Vasmer s. <b class="b2">lizátь</b>.