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ληνός

lenos

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ληνός · lēnos — Beekes

ληνός [f.] ‘trough (for pressing wine), winepress, sarcophagus, socket into which the mast fitted, etc.’ (h. Merc. 104). «Ὧν *VAR On the gender see Schwyzer 1950: 347. Dor. λανός «COMP Rare compounds like ληνο-βάτης ‘one who treads the wine cask’ (late), ἄληνος ‘not pressed’, of almond oil (Aet.). *DER Diminutives Anvic, Anvidiov (pap.); further λην(ε)ών, -ὥνος [m.] ‘place where wine is pressed’ (pap., Gp.), Anvac, … — [Beekes, s.v. ληνός, p. 904]

2. λῆνος · lēnos — Beekes

λῆνος, -ους [n.] ‘wool, fillet, fleece’ (A. Eu. 44, A. R. 4, 173, 177). 858 λῆρος 1 *ETYM Except for the ending -o¢ (which is perhaps an innovation after elpoc, πέκος, Frisk suggests), λῆνος is the old inherited word for ‘wool’, which is preserved in several languages: e.g. Lat. lana, Lith. vilna, Ru. vélna, Go. wulla, Av. varanda, Skt. urna-, all of which may go back on IE *(h,)ulh,neh,-. … — [Beekes, s.v. λῆνος, p. 904]

3. λῆνος · lēnos — Chantraine

λῆνος, -οὺς : n. «laine», dit des bandelettes d’un rameau de suppliant (Æsch. Eu. 44, A.R. 4,173,177). En outre, εὐληνής * εὐέριος (Hsch.). Vieux terme rare remplacé par elpoc, ἔριον, etc. Et.: La flexion sigmatique peut ne pas être ancienne, p.-ê. analogique de εἶρος, méxoc, et elle est propre au grec, cf. pourtant lat. länestris. On a posé *wf-n4- qui rend compte de lat. läna, skr. drnä-, av. varonä-, v. 81. … — [Chantraine, s.v. λῆνος, p. 654]

4. λῆνος · lēnos — Frisk

λῆνος, -ovc n. “Wolle, Wollfaser, Wollflocke’ (A. Eu. 44, A. R. 4, 173, 177 u. a.). — Bis auf den Ausgang (nach εἶρος, nexos?, 8. Walde Stand u. Aufgaben 156) altererbtes Wort für “Wolle”, das in mehreren Sprachen erhalten ist: lat. läna, balt., z.B. lit. vilna, slav., z.B. russ. völna, germ., z.B. got. wulla, aw. varanä, aind. ürnä, alles Formen, die auf idg. *uln& zurückgehen können (zum Lautlichen Schwyzer … — [Frisk, s.v. λῆνος, p. 1089]

5. λῆνος · lēnos — Frisk

λῆνος. Zu heth. *hulana- (neben huliia-), luw. *hulanis “Wolle’ (sehr wahrscheinlich) Kronasser Etymologie I 182 A.2 m. Lit., bes. Friedrich KZ 77 (1961) 257. — [Frisk, s.v. λῆνος, p. 2272]

6. ληνός · lēnos — LSJ

anything shaped like a tub, trough

anything shaped like a tub or trough, Hp. Mochl. 38; esp.

1 wine-vat

wine-vat in which the grapes are pressed, PCair.Zen. 300.15 (iii B.C.), Theoc. 7.25, 25.28, D.S. 3.63.

2 trough, watering-place

trough, for watering cattle, watering-place for them, h.Merc. 104, LXX Ge. 30.38, 41.

3 kneading-trough

= κάρδοπος, kneading-trough, Men. 116.

4 socket into which the mast fitted

socket into which the mast fitted, = ἱστοπέδη, Asclep.Myrl. ap. Ath. 11.474f, Poll. 1.91.

5 coffin

coffin, Pherecr. 5, CIG 1979, al. (Thessalonica), IG l.c.

6 the meeting-point of the sinuses of the dura mater, torcular Herophili

part of the brain, the meeting-point of the sinuses of the dura mater, still called torcular Herophili, Herophil. ap. Gal. 2.712, cf. UP 9.6.

7 hollow of a chariot

hollow of a chariot, Hsch. (pl.).

8 the lower parts of the nose

in pl., the lower parts of the nose, Poll. 2.80.

7. λῆνος · lēnos — LSJ

wool, fillet, fleece

wool: hence, fillet, A. Eu. 44, Epic. in Arch.Pap. 7p.4 (pl.): in pl., fleece, A.R. 4.173, 177.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ληνός (scan p. 904; entry #3749).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ληνός (scan p. 654; entry #4816). Root candidates: *wel-.
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ληνός (scan pp. 1089-1090; entry #3567). Root candidates: *hulani-.

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