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λευρός

leuros

open (of fields), spacious, even, smooth

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1. λευρός · leuros — Beekes

λευρός [adj.] ‘open (of fields), spacious, even, smooth’ (since ἢ 123). *ETYM Unexplained. Connection with Lat. lévis (as defended by de De Lamberterie 1990b: 42of.) is improbable, as this rather belongs with » λεῖος. — [Beekes, s.v. λευρός, p. 898]

2. λευρός · leuros — Chantraine

λευρός, -α, -ov : «découvert » en parlant d'un terrain, « plat, lisse, poli », etc. (Qd. 7,123 ; orac. ap. Hdt. 1,67; poètes). Le mot existe comme anthroponyme (L. Robert, Noms indigènes 254). Et.: Ignorée. Fraenkel, Nomina ag. 1,90 et Gnomon 22,237, rapproche le mot de λεῖος ; E. Benveniste, Origines 115 évoque également λεαίνω et pose un YkeFop-. — [Chantraine, s.v. λευρός, p. 650]

3. λευρός · leuros — Frisk

λευρός ‘offen (vom Gelände), ausgebreitet, eben, glatt’ (ep. poet. seit n 123). — Unerklärt. Allerhand Hypothesen bei Βα, W.-Hofmann s. lüra, WP.2, 408, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 90 110 λεύσσω---λέχεται und Gnomon 22, 237 (zu λεῖος; ebenso Benveniste Origines 112). — [Frisk, s.v. λευρός, p. 1081]

4. λευρός · leuros — LSJ

smooth, level, even

smooth, level, even, λευρῷ ἐνὶ χώρῳ Od. 7.123, Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.67; Σικελίας λευροὺς γύας A. l.c.; λ. οἶμος αἰθέρος ib. 396; ἐν ψαμάθῳ λευρᾷ E. Hec. 700 (lyr.); πέδον, πέτρα, Id. Ph. 836, Ba. 982 (lyr.); ὁδοί Call. Aet. Oxy. 2080.67 [Fr. 43.65 Pf.].

II smooth, polished

smooth, polished, ξίφος Pi. N. 7.27; δέρμα . . λευρὸν ἔθηκε βοός AP 6.116 (Samus).

III

λευρᾶς σωφροσύνης· τελείας, καὶ ταπεινῆς, κοίλης, ὁμαλῆς, μὴ τραχείας, Hsch.

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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. λευρός (scan p. 898; entry #3727).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λευρός (scan p. 650; entry #4786).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λευρός (scan pp. 1081-1082; entry #3548).

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