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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From an unattested *λόφνος (*lóphnos) + -ῐ́ς (-ís). It may derive from the same root of λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) and λοπός (lopós, “shell, bark”); the suffix is also seen in λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”). However, according to Beekes, this solution is rather uncertain. Another theory by Furnée links the word to Georgian ლაფანი (lapani, “bast”), suggesting a byform *λάφνη (*láphnē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo.pʰnís/ → /loˈɸnis/ → /loˈfnis/
Noun
λοφνῐ́ς • (lophnís) f (genitive λοφνῐ́δος); third declension
- torch made of vine bark
- Synonyms: γράβιον (grábion), γρυνός (grunós), δαΐς (daḯs), δᾰ́ος (dáos), ἑλένη (helénē), λαμπάς (lampás), πανός (panós), πυρσός (pursós), φανή (phanḗ), φρῠκτός (phruktós)
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Further reading
- “λοφνίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λοφνίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
- Furnée, Edzard Johan (1979) Vorgriechisch-Kartvelisches: Studien zum ostmediterranen Substrat nebst einem Versuch zu einer neuen pelasgischen Theorie (in German), Editions Peeters, →ISBN, pages 23, 26