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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From *λαγοωυσός (*lagoōusós, “with flabby ears”), from *λαγο- (*lago-) (possibly the same root as English slack) and οὖς (oûs). Typologically compare Ossetian тӕрхъус (tærqus, “hare”, literally “long-ear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.ɡɔ̌ːs/ → /laˈɣos/ → /laˈɣos/
Noun
λᾰγώς • (lagṓs) m (genitive λᾰγώ); second declension
- hare
- Synonyms: δασύπους (dasúpous), πτώξ (ptṓx)
- coward
- sea hare (gastropod of the genus Aplysia)
- (astronomy) Lepus, a winter constellation
- kind of bandage
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References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 821–822
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