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λέχριος

lechrios

slanting, crosswise

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1. λέχριος · lechrios — Beekes

λέχριος [adj.) ‘slanting, crosswise’ (S., E., X.). *DER λέχρις [adv.] ‘id’ (Antim., A. R.), after ἄχρις, μέχρις, Schwyzer: 620; also λικριφίς ‘crosswise, sideways’ (A. ἀΐξας Ξ 463, τ 451). Glosses: λικροί: οἱ ὄζοι τῶν ἐλαφείων κεράτων ‘the branches of the antlers of deer’ (H.), with a variant λεκροί; AiCyE-. πλάγιος ‘sideways, athwart, etc.’ (H.). eETYM As a basis of Aéxpioc, one formerly posited a … — [Beekes, s.v. λέχριος, p. 900]

2. λέχριος · lechrios — Chantraine

λέχριος : «incliné, penché, oblique » (S., E., X., etc.), d'où l'adv. λέχρυς «obliquement » (Antim., A.R.) sur le modèle de ἄχρις, μέχρις. Chez Hom. λικριφίς [ἀίξας] «en sautant de côté » (I! 14,468, Od. 19,451), que l’on explique en posant Ἐλεχριτφίς et en admettant une dissimilation d'aspiration et la fermeture de l'e en 1, p.-ê, par assimilation vocalique, cf. Schwyzer, Gr. Gr. 1,256 et 351 ; pour l'accent … — [Chantraine, s.v. λέχριος, p. 652]

3. λέχριος · lechrios — Frisk

λέχριος. Als „liegend“ ohne Zweifel zu λέχεται, λέχος, u. Zw. ZUnächst von einem r-Stamm wie germ., z.B. got. ligrs “κλίνη. Van Windekens Studi Mic. 2 (1967) 110. — Hierher auch λέχνη" τρόπις (cod. τρόπος) H.? Latte z.St. — [Frisk, s.v. λέχριος, p. 2272]

4. λέχριος · lechrios — LSJ

slanting, crosswise, cross

slanting, crosswise, with a Verb, λ. ὀκλάσας S. OC 195 (lyr.); λ. ἐκπεσεῖν, χωρεῖν, E. Hec. 1026 (lyr.), Med. 1168; τιθέναι τὰς κεφαλὰς ἐπὶ γῆν λεχρίας X. Cyn. 4.3: metaph., πάντα γὰρ λ. τἀν χεροῖν all the business in hand is cross, S. Ant. 1345 (lyr.).

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λέχριος (scan pp. 900-901; entry #3732).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λέχριος (scan p. 652; entry #4795).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λέχριος (scan p. 2272; entry #7576).

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