LOGOI

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λοῦσσον

lousson

white pith of the fir-tree

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What it meant

1. λοῦσσον · lousson — Beekes

λοῦσσον [n.] ‘white pith of the fir-tree’ (Thphr. HP 3, 9, 7); details in Strémberg 1937: 126, 128, 166. «ἢ» *ETYM May continue *AovK-ov as a derivative of a root noun, as is seen in Lat. lix ‘light’, if from IE *louk-s. Further derivatives from this root are OCS luca [{1 ‘ray, beam’ with a suffix *ih,. An o-derivative IE *louk-o- is seen in Lat. liicus ‘forest’, etc,; the verbal adj. »λευκός and the yod-present » … — [Beekes, s.v. λοῦσσον, p. 919]

2. λοῦσσον · lousson — Chantraine

λοῦσσον : « moelle du sapin» (Thphr. H. P. 3,9,7), cf. Stromberg, Theophrasiea 126,128,166. — [Chantraine, s.v. λοῦσσον, p. 664]

3. λοῦσσον · lousson — Frisk

λοῦσσον n. “weißer Kern im Tannenholz’ (Thphr. HP ἃ, 9, 7); zur Begriffsbestimmung usw. Strömberg Theophrastea 126, 138 λούω 128, 166. — Kann für ἔλουκ-τον stehen als Ableitung eines in lat. ζῶν “Licht”, wenn aus idg. *oug-s, vorliegenden sog. Wurzelnomens; somit eig. „das Licht Ausstrahlende, das Leuchtende‘“; daneben mit z4-Suffix aksl. luca f. ‘Strahl’, Eine nahverwandte o-Ableitung, idg. *loug-o-s, ist lat. … — [Frisk, s.v. λοῦσσον, p. 1109]

4. λοῦσσον · lousson — LSJ

pith of the fir-tree

pith of the fir-tree, Thphr. HP 3.9.7.

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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