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λάμπη

lampe

foam

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Where it lives

Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. λάμπη · lampē — Beekes

λάμπη [f.] ‘foam’, e.g. on the surface of wine, ‘phlegm, mucus’; metaph. ‘filth, decay’, of the underworld (A. Eu. 387, Dsc., Plu.). “ΑΚ Also λάπη (Hp. Diph.). Fur. 316 adduces λαπτής: λαπτὴν ἔλεγον τὸν παχὺν ἀφρόν ‘thick foam’ (H.), ete. *DER λα(μ)πώδης (also -ππ-} ‘covered with foam’ (Hp., Erot., Gal.), λαμπηρός ‘id? (Hp. apud Gal.). *ETYM The connection with » λάμπω (see Frisk) does not explain the forms … — [Beekes, s.v. λάμπη, p. 876]

2. λάμπη · lampē — Chantraine

λάμπη : Æsch. Eu. 387 [iyr.], Dsc., Plu., ete., λάπη (Hp., Diph., etc.), f. «écume, moisissure à la surface du vin », employé au figuré par Æsch. pour la moisissure des enfers. Dérivés : λαμπώδης «couvert d'écume » (Hp., Gal.), mais Erot. lit λαπώδης ou λαππώδης ; λαμπηρός id. (Hp. ap. Gal. 19,117). La forme ancienne authentique doit être λάπη où λάππη. Ei.: Schulze, Κι. Schriften 114, rapproche le mot de λάμπω, ce … — [Chantraine, s.v. λάμπη, p. 634]

3. λάμπη · lampē — Frisk

λάμπη (A. Eu. 387 [lyr.], Dsk., Plu. u.a.), λάπη (Hp., Diph. u.a.) f. "Schaum, z. B. auf der Oberfläche des Weins, Schleim, Rotz’; übertr. vom Moder der Unterwelt (A. a.a.0.). Davon λα(μ)πώδης "mit Schaum bedeckt’ (Hp., Erot., Gal.), λαμπηρός “ds.” (Hp. ap. Gal.). — Die Anknüpfung an λάμπω (Schulze Kl. Schr. 114 mit L. Meyer) erklärt die nasallosen Formen nicht; es kann sich deshalb höchstens nur um eine sekundäre … — [Frisk, s.v. λάμπη, p. 1050]

4. λάμπη · lampē — LSJ

torch, light

= λαμπάς, torch, A. Eu. 1042 (lyr., cod. Med. e manu prima), E. Supp. 993 (lyr., s.v.l.); so Herm., after Sch., took ἀνήλιος λάμπα in A. Eu. 387 (lyr.), light not of the sun, i.e. nether gloom, but v. λάπη 3.

= λάπη (q.v.).

In the wild

λάμπᾳ · lampai Aeschylus, Eumenides 381–388
λάμπῃ · lampēi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.6 (DIORISIS sentence 746)

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λάμπη (scan p. 876; entry #3661).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λάμπη (scan p. 634; entry #4657).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λάμπη (scan p. 1050; entry #3475).

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