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λεβηρίς

leberis

skin or slough of serpents

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What it meant

1. λεβηρίς · lebēris — Beekes

λεβηρίς 1, -ἰδος [f.] ‘skin or slough of serpents’ (Ηρ. J.), acc. to H. also = τὸ λέπος τοῦ κυάμου ‘skin of a bean’; proverbially of empty or thin objects (com.), cf. H. τινὲς δὲ ἄνδρα λέβηριν γενέσθαι πτωχόν ‘beggar’. < PG(S)> eETYM The JE analysis in Frisk seems misplaced. It is rather a Pre-Greek word, because the suffix is also found in »ἴμβηρις and κύπηρις (s.v. » κύπαιρος). Note λέβινθοι (cod. -ivOror)- … — [Beekes, s.v. λεβηρίς, p. 887]

2. λεβηρίς · lebēris — Beekes

λεβηρίς 2 [f.] ‘rabbit’ (Str. 3, 2, 6); Massaliotic acc. to Polemarch. apud Erot. «LW Iberia> eETYM Of Iberian origin, like Lat. lepus and laurex, see WH s.vwy. with litt. See also Fur.: 347. — [Beekes, s.v. λεβηρίς, p. 887]

3. λεβηρίς · lebēris — Chantraine

2 λεβηρίς : ἡ. «lapin » (Str. 3,2,6). Selon Polemarch. ap. Erot. p. 58 Nachmanson, mot massaliote. Et.: Non grec; p.-ê. ibère, v. Walde-Hofmann et Ernout-Meillet s.u. lepus ; aussi Brüh, KZ, 46, 1954, 357. — [Chantraine, s.v. λεβηρίς, p. 641]

4. λεβηρίς · lebēris — Chantraine

8 λεβηρίς : «oiseau de mauvaise augure » (Phot.}). — [Chantraine, s.v. λεβηρίς, p. 641]

5. λεβηρίς · lebēris — Frisk

1. λεβηρίς, -idos f. "abgezogene Schlangenhaut’ (Hp., J.), nach H. auch = τὸ λέπος τοῦ κυάμου; sprichwörtlich von leeren od. dünnen Gegenständen (Kom.u.a.), vgl.H. τινὲς δὲ ἄνδρα Aeßnow γενέσϑαι πτωχόν. — Bildung wie τρι-ετ-ηρίς u.a. (8. ὄτος), somit einen o-Stamm *A&ßos neben Aoßds (s. ἃ.) voraussetzend, 8. Schwyzer Glotta 5, 196f. — Hierher noch 94 λεβηρίς---λέγω (durch Kreuzung) λέβινϑοι (cod. -ἰνϑιοι)" ἐρέβινϑοι … — [Frisk, s.v. λεβηρίς, p. 1065]

6. λεβηρίς · lebēris — Frisk

2. λεβηρίς f. "Kaninchen? (Str. 3, 2,6); nach Polemarch. ap. Erot. massaliotisch. — Wie lat. lepus und laurex iberischer Herkunft, s.W.-Hofmann s. vv.m.Lit. Nach Carnoy Rev. belge 33, 597£f. proto-idg. — [Frisk, s.v. λεβηρίς, p. 1066]

7. λεβηρίς · lebēris — Frisk

1. λεβηρίς. Zu λεβίνϑιοι" Eoeßırdoı H. vgl. Hester Lingua 13 (1965) 359 mit Kritik verschiedener Deutungsvorschläge. λεία--- λευκός 145 — [Frisk, s.v. λεβηρίς, p. 2270]

8. λεβηρίς · lebēris — LSJ

skin, slough, shell

skin or slough of serpents, Hp. Mul. 1.78, 2.191, J. AJ 3.7.2; of beans, shell, Hsch.: prov., κενότερος λεβηρίδος Stratt. 10 D.; so τυφλότερος λ. Ar. Fr. 35; λεπτότερον τὸ δέρμα λεβηρίδος Alciphr. 3.19.

II rabbit

rabbit (cf. λέπορις) Str. 3.2.6; Massiliote word acc. to Polemarch. ap. Erot.

III

a bird of ill-omen, Phot.

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