λάμπω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[lighten]], [[glow]], act. also `[[enlighten]] (Il.)<br />Other forms: aor. [[λάμψαι]], fut. [[λάμψω]] (IA.), perf. 3. sg. [[λέλαμπε]] with pres.-meaning (E.; Wackernagel Synt. 1, 167, Schwyzer 772), aor. pass. [[λαμφθῆναι]] (J.),<br />Compounds: often with prefix, e. g. <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐν-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπο-</b>.<br />Derivatives: 1. [[λαμπάς]], <b class="b3">-άδος</b> f. [[torch]], [[torch-race]] (IA.), also poet. adj. [[torch-lit]] ' (S.); with [[λαμπάδιον]] [[small torch]] (Att.); <b class="b3">λαμπαδ-ίας</b> m. name of a comet and of the constellation Aldebaran (Chrysipp.; Scherer Gestirnnamen 121 f.), <b class="b3">-ίτης</b> [[torch-runner]] (Pergamon IIIa; Redard 242); <b class="b3">λαμπάδ-ιος</b> [[from a torch]] (pap.), <b class="b3">-ιεῖος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Delos IIIa; Schwyzer 468, Chantraine Form. 93), <b class="b3">-ικός</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (sch.); [[λαμπαδεῖον]] [[toch-holder]] (Eleusis IVa; like [[λυχνεῖον]]). Denomin.: a. [[λαμπαδίζω]] <b class="b2">participate in a torch-run or a torch-procession</b> with [[λαμπαδισταί]] pl. <b class="b2">participants in a toch-run</b> (Delphi II a; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 71 f.); b. [[λαμπαδεύομαι]], <b class="b3">-εύω</b> <b class="b2">id., treat as a λαμπάς</b> (D. S., Ph.) with [[λαμπαδεία]] `[[torch-procession]] (Priene III-IIa). - 2. [[λαμπτήρ]], <b class="b3">-ῆρος</b> m. [[lighter]], [[torch]], [[lantern]] (Od.), with [[λαμπτήρια]] n. pl. name of a feast (pap.). 3. [[λάμψις]] f. `[[lighting]] (LXX, Ph.), esp. in compp. as [[διάλαμψις]] (Arist.) etc. On [[λαμψάνη]] `[[cabbage]], Brassica arvensiss.v. 4. [[λαμπηδών]], <b class="b3">-όνος</b> f. `[[lustre]], [[glance]] (Epicur., D. S.). 5. [[λαμπυρίς]] f. `[[glow-worm]] (Arist.) with [[λαμπυρίζω]] `<b class="b2">light as a glow-worm</b>, also [[enlighten]] (Thphr., pap.), dissimilated from <b class="b3">*λαμπ-υλίς</b>? (Leumann Glotta 32, 223 n. 2; but s. below). - 6. [[λαμπρός]] `[[lighting]], [[gleaming]] with [[λαμπρότης]], [[λαμπρύνω]] <b class="b2">enlighten,</b> midd. [[show]] (IA.), with <b class="b3">λαμπρυν-τής</b> (late); as 1. member w. dissim. in [[Λάμπουρος]] name of a dog (Theoc.), <b class="b3">-ουρις</b> f. [[fox]] (A. Fr. 433, Lyc.). -- 7. <b class="b3">ὑπο-</b>, <b class="b3">περι-λαμπ-ής</b> `<b class="b2">blow resp. roundabout lighting</b> (Hes. Sc., Ph., Plu.). -- 8. Lengthened verbal forms: ptc. [[λαμπετάων]] (<b class="b3">-όων</b>) [[lighting]] (Λ 104); explanation uncertain, s. Schwyzer 705, Leumann Hom. Wörter181 f., Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 358; [[λαμπάζω]] = [[λάμπω]] (Man.). - 9. Several PN: [[Λάμπος]], [[Λαμπετίδης]], [[Λαμπετίη]], [[Λάμπιτος]], <b class="b3">-τώ</b>, <b class="b3">Λαμπαδ-ίων</b>, <b class="b3">-ίσκος</b>, <b class="b3">Λαμπ(τ)ρεύς</b>; s. Bechtel Histor. PN 621, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 236, Schwyzer 337.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: The forms, both the verbal and the nominal, go back on a [[λάμπω]] (Schwyzer 692) . - Withou nasalwe find in Hitt. [[lap-zi]] [[glow]], <b class="b2">lap-nu-zi</b> [[bring in glow]], [[kindle]] (MudgeLang. 7, 252, Benveniste BSL 33, 140). Further, with long vowel, IE. <b class="b2">*lāp-</b> or <b class="b2">*lōp-</b>, some Baltic words for [[torch]], [[flame]]: Lith. <b class="b2">lópė</b>, Latv. [[lāpa]], OPruss. [[lopis]]; with short <b class="b2">a-</b>vowel, but deviating in auslaut, Celt., OIr. [[lassaim]] [[flame]], Welsh [[llachar]] [[glow]], which can go back on <b class="b2">*laps-</b>. - Further combinations in Bq and WP. 2, 383; also Fraenkel Wb. s. <b class="b2">lópė</b>. Cf. also [[λοφνίς]]. It is doubtful whether this material proves IE origin. On [[λαμψάνη]] s. v., id. [[λοφνίς]]. Are <b class="b3">λαμπ-ηδών</b>, <b class="b3">λαμπ-υρίς</b> Greek? A nasal present is also difficult (<b class="b2">*lh₂mp-?</b>).