λίσπος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: prob. [[smooth]], [[polished]], [[flat]] (Ar. Ra. 826, [[γλῶσσα]]); <b class="b3">αἱ λίσπαι</b> as word for half of a dice, used by two friends as a tally (Pl. Smp. 193 a), also <b class="b3">οἱ λίσποι</b> (Suid.); aspirated form [[λίσφος]] (acc. to Moer. and Tz. Attic), [[λίσφοι]] = <b class="b3">τὰ ἰσχία</b> (EM 567, 20).<br />Other forms: Cf. [[λίσφος]] = [[ἄπυγος]]; also [[λέσφος]] (EM 567, 21).<br />Compounds: Compp. <b class="b3">λισπό-πυγος</b> (<b class="b3">-πυξ</b>) <b class="b2">with smooth (flat) buttocks</b> (Phryn., Poll., sch.), <b class="b3">ὑπό-λισπος</b> (<b class="b3">-φος</b>) <b class="b2">below or a little smooth, polished, flat</b>, esp. of the buttocks and hips (Ar. Eq. 1368, Philostr., Poll.).<br />Derivatives: Denomin. <b class="b3">λισφώσασθαι ἐλαττώσασθαι</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Popular word, recalling [[λισσός]] (hardly from this through cross with a diff. word); cf. WP. 2, 390, W.-Hofmann s. [[līma]]. An IE <b class="b2">*slik-skʷ(h)o-s</b> (Bq) is improbable. Fur. cites [[λίσφος]], [[λέσφος]], typical of a Pre-Greek word.