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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m., also f. (Schwyzer-Debrunner 37 w. n. 3, Solmsen Wortforsch. 109)<br />Meaning: [[hunger]], [[famine]] (Il.).<br />Compounds: Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">λιμ-αγχ-έομαι</b> [[be weakened by hunger]] (Hp.) from <b class="b3">*λίμ-αγχ-ος</b> (: <b class="b3">ἄγχω</b>; cf. Schwyzer 726); on <b class="b3">βού-λιμος</b> s. on <b class="b3">βουλιμία</b>; on <b class="b3">πούλιμος</b> [[strong hunger]] (Boeot.) Schulze K.Z. 33, 243 f. = Kl. Schr. 399 f. -<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">λιμ-ώδης</b> [[hungry]] (Hp.), <b class="b3">-ηρός</b> [[hungry]], [[connected with hunger]] (Theoc., AP ), <b class="b3">-αλέος</b> = <b class="b3">ῥυσός</b>, <b class="b3">λεπτός</b>' (H.; after <b class="b3">αὑαλέος</b> a. o.). Verbs: <b class="b3">λιμαίνω</b>, <b class="b3">λιμῆναι</b> [[be hungry]] (Hdt.), <b class="b3">λιμώττω</b>, <b class="b3">-ώσσω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Str., J.) with <b class="b3">λίμωξις</b> (late); on NGr. <b class="b3">λιμάζω</b>, <b class="b3">-άσσω</b> cf. Georgacas Glotta 36, 168; on the group id. <b class="b3">Ἀφιέρωμα Τριανταφυλλίδη</b> 513ff.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: No agreement outside Greek (Osc. [[limu]] [[famem]] is a loan.) A primary formation compared with <b class="b3">λι-μός</b> is suspected in <b class="b3">λοι-μός</b> [[pest]] (s.v.) in spite of the long <b class="b3">ι</b>; on further hypothetical connections, e.g. with Lith. <b class="b2">líesas</b> [[meagre]], <b class="b2">leĩnas</b> [[thin]], [[weak]], [[pliant]], Goth. [[af-linnan]] <b class="b3">ἀποχωρεῖν</b>', OHG [[bi-linnan]] [[give way]], [[stop]], [[leave off]] s. WP. 2, 387f., Pok. 661 f., Fraenkel Wb. s. <b class="b2">láibas</b>, also W.-Hofmann s. [[lētum]]. Diff. Wackernagel KZ 30, 295 ( = Kl. Schr. 1, 658): from <b class="b3">*λιπ-μός</b> to <b class="b3">λίψ ἐπιθυμία</b>, <b class="b3">λίπτω</b> (s. v.); s. also <b class="b3">λιρός</b>. .<br />See also: --Zu <b class="b3">λειρός</b> s. [[λείριον]].