δέλεαρ

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Via *δέλεϝαρ (*délewar) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₁wr̥, perhaps connected to βάλλω (bállō), possibly also to Latin gula, Old Armenian կլանեմ (klanem) and Proto-Slavic *glъtati. Compare δελήτιον (delḗtion), δέλετρον (déletron) and δείλατα (deílata).[1]

Noun

δέλεαρ (délearn (genitive δελέατος); third declension

  1. bait [2]

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312
  2. ^ δέλεαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press