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Λήδα

*leda

wife, spouse

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What it meant

1. Λήδα · Lēda — Beekes

Λήδα [f.] mother of the Dioscuri and Helena (A. Ag. 914). «Ἰὴν Lyd.?> VAR Λήδη (epic). *ETYM Perhaps from Lyc. (not Lyd.!) lada ‘wife, spouse’. See » Λητώ. Andavov [n.] name of a resin-like substance, from the shrub called κίσθος (Hdt., medic., pap.). «VAR Also Aadavov. *DER Backformation λῆδον [n.] = κίσθος (Dsc.). *ETYM A loan, originally from Semitic; cf. Arab. ladan > MoP laddn, Assyr. ladunu (λήδανον, … — [Beekes, s.v. Λήδα, p. 902]

2. Λήδα · Lēda — Chantraine

Λήδα : Æsch. Ag. 914, etc., Λήδη Od. 11,298, ép. Ei.: Emprunt supposé à lycien lada «femme, épouse ». — [Chantraine, s.v. Λήδα, p. 653]

3. Λήδα · Lēda — Frisk

Λήδα (A. Ag. 914 usw.), Anön (ep.) f. Mutter der Dioskuren und der Helena. — Zu 1yk. lada ‘Frau, Gattin’; s. Anro m. Lit. Ahdavov, auch Addavov τι. N. eines harzähnlichen Stoffes, der aus dem κίσϑος benannten Strauche gewonnen wurde (Hdt,., Mediz., Pap. u. a.). Davon als Rückbildung λῆδον τι. = κίσϑος (Dsk.). — LW, zunächst aus dem Semitischen, vgl. arab. lädan > npers. lädän, assyr. ladunu (λήδανον, τὸ καλέουσι … — [Frisk, s.v. Λήδα, p. 1086]

4. Λήδα · Lēda — LSJ

Leda

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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