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ληδεῖν·

ledein

to be tired

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What it meant

1. ληδεῖν · lēdein — Beekes

ληδεῖν [v.] - κοπιᾶν, κεκμηκέναι ‘to be tired’; ληδήσας: κεκμηκώς, κοπιάσας ‘tired’ (H.). «1Ὲ *leh,d- ‘let (go)’> *ETYM Because of ἀηδῆσαι: κοπιάσαι, καμεῖν; ἀηδέομεν' κοπιῶμεν; ἀηδής: κοπιώδης, ὀκνηρός ‘reluctant, sluggish’, the correctness of ληδεῖν, ληδήσας has long been doubted (cf. Maas ByzZ 37 (1937): 380). If correct, however, the glosses may be compared with Alb. lodh ‘to make tired’, lodhem “to get tired’ < … — [Beekes, s.v. ληδεῖν, p. 902]

2. ληδεῖν · lēdein — Chantraine

ληδεῖν : κοπιᾶν, κεκμηκέναι (Hsch.), ληδήσας * HEKUNne, κοπιάσας (Hach.). Les étymologies que l'on trouve dans les dictionnaires (Frisk s.u., Pokorny 666) sont inutiles : il s'agit d'une altération de termes attestés de façon correcte dans les gloses d'Hsch. ἀηδῆσαι * κοπιάσαι, καμεῖν ; ἀηδέομεν * κοπιῶμεν ; ἀηδής κοπιώδης, ὀκνηρός (et, P. Maas, Byr. Ζ. 87,380 et Latte ad locum). — [Chantraine, s.v. ληδεῖν, p. 653]

3. ληδεῖν · lēdein — Frisk

ληδεῖν" κοπιᾶν, κεκμηκέναι, ληδήσας" κεκμηκώς, κοπιάσας H. — Bildung wie κηλέω, ἠϑέω (8. dd.), zu 810. Zoth “müde machen’, lodhem ‘müde werden’ (idg. l&d-) stimmend; die zugehörige Schwundstufe wird in lat. lassus “matt, müde’ (idg. *lad-to-s) vermutet. Auch germ., z.B. got. lötan (idg. löd-) ‘lassen’, lats "lass, träge’ werden hierhergezogen. Weitere Formen m. Lit. und hypothetischen Kombinationen (u. a. lit. … — [Frisk, s.v. ληδεῖν, p. 1086]

4. ληδεῖν· · lēdein· — LSJ

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