The corpus record

λισσάς

lissas

bare, smooth cliff

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k

What it meant

λισσάς · lissas — LSJ

bare, smooth cliff, a tomb-stone

fem. of λισσός, λισσὰς αἰγίλιψ πέτρα A. Supp. 794 (lyr.), cf. E. Andr. 533 (lyr.), HF 1148, Theoc. 22.37, Lyr. ap. Plu. Util. 2.90d: Subst. λισσάς (sc. πέτρα), bare, smooth cliff, Plu. Mar. 23, Crass. 9, Opp. H. 2.320; of a tomb-stone, Epigr.Gr. 256.

In the wild

λισσὰς · lissas Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 792–799
λισσάδος · lissados Euripides, Heracles 1148–1150

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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