depth, gulf
depth or gulf of the sea, μέγα λ. θαλάσσης Od. 4.504, 5.174, 9.260; ἁλὸς ἐς μέγα λ. Il. 19.267, cf. Od. 8.561; also alone, λ. μέγʼ ἐκπερόωσιν 7.35, cf. 5.409, 7.276, Theoc. 13.24, A.R. 1.1299.
The corpus record
λαῖτμα
laitma · τό
depth, gulf
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Where it lives
- Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
- Odyssey 8 · 0.92/10k
- Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- λαῖτμα · laitma Works and Days 161–165
- λαῖτμα · laitma Iliad 19.267
- λαῖτμα · laitma Odyssey 4.504
- λαῖτμα · laitma Odyssey 5.174
- λαῖτμα · laitma Odyssey 5.409
- λαῖτμα · laitma Odyssey 7.276
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λαῖτμα (scan p. 872; entry #3648). Root candidates: *laf’m-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λαῖτμα (scan p. 631; entry #4635).