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λιψουρία

lipsouria

desire to urinate

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What it meant

1. λιψουρία · lipsouria — Beekes

λιψουρία [f.] ‘desire to urinate’ (A. Ch. 756). «ΟΕ» *ETYM Abstract formation in -ia from a supposed "λιψ-ουρέω or "λίψ-ουρος, a governing compound from *Aiyat ‘desire’, related to » Aintw, and οὖρον. Was this the origin of the gloss λίψ' ἐπιθυμία (H.)? — [Beekes, s.v. λιψουρία, p. 914]

2. λιψουρία · lipsouria — Frisk

λιψουρία f. “Verlangen zu pissen’ (A. Ch. 756). — Abstraktbildung auf -{a von einem vorschwebenden *iıy-ovo&w od. *Jiy-ovgos, Rektionskompositum aus *Aipaı "begehren’ (zu λίπτω, 8. ἃ.) und οὖρον (vgl. Schwyzer 444: 2b, 468: 4). Daraus erschlossen Aly' ἐπιϑυμία H.? Aoßös τη. “Lappen, Läppchen, Lobe’ als Ben. verschiedener lappen- od. zipfelähnlicher Körper- und Pflanzenteile, bes. ‘Ohrläppehen’ (seit Z 182), auch … — [Frisk, s.v. λιψουρία, p. 1103]

3. λιψουρία · lipsouria — LSJ

desire to make water

desire to make water, A. Ch. 756.

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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. λιψουρία (scan p. 914; entry #3789).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λιψουρία (scan pp. 1103-1104; entry #3611).

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