1. λάσιος · lasios — Beekes
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λάσιος
lasios
shaggy, woolly, overgrown with
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What it meant
2. λάσιος · lasios — Chantraine
3. λάσιος · lasios — Chantraine
4. λάσιος · lasios — Chantraine
5. λάσιος · lasios — Frisk
6. λάσῐος · lasios — LSJ
shaggy, woolly, of sheep, Il. 24.125, Od. 9.433; λ. θῆρες, of sheep and goats, opp. deer (στικτοὶ θ.), S. Ph. 184 (lyr.); μέλισσαι Theoc. 22.42; τὰ -ώτατα, of horses, X. Eq. 2.4; in men, λ. κῆρ was in the heroic age a mark of strength, Il. 2.851, 16.554, cf. Pl. Tht. 194e; ἐν . . στήθεσσιν λασίοισι, of Achilles, Il. 1.189; τὸ στῆθος ἐπαινεῖν χρὴ τετράγωνόν τε ἐὸν καὶ λ. Hp. Prorrh. 2.7; whereas afterwards a hairy breast was looked upon as a sign of dissoluteness or coarseness, Ar. Nu. 349; or of
generally, bushy, overgrown, αἴης λάσιον μένος Emp. 27.2; χωρίον X. HG 4.2.19, cf. Pl. Cra. 420e; δρυμός Theoc. 25.134; δρῦς Id. 26.3; ἐκ τῶν λ. τὰ θηρία ἐξελᾶν X. Cyr. 1.4.16; διὰ τῶν λ. ἐπιγενόμενοι Id. An. 6.4.26: c. dat., overgrown with . . , γῆ ὕλαις λάσιος Luc. Prom. l.c.
In the wild
- λασίους · lasious Herodotus, Histories 5.9.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5410)
- λάσιος · lasios Iliad 24.125
- λασίην · lasiēn Odyssey 9.433
- λάσιος · lasios Plato, Phaedrus 253 (DIORISIS sentence 479)
- λασίαν · lasian Plato, Timaeus 76 (DIORISIS sentence 721)
- λασιώτατα · lasiōtata Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 2.4 (DIORISIS sentence 72)
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λάσιος (scan p. 883; entry #3677). Root candidates: *uolto-, *uolti-, *udltu-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λάσιος (scan p. 639; entry #4695).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λάσιος (scan p. 1060; entry #3497). Root candidates: *uolto-, *uolti-, *uöltu-.
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