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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably from the same Pre-Greek root of λαιμός (laimós, “throat, gullet”) and λαμυρός (lamurós, “full of abysses; gluttonous”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /áb.dɛːs/ → /ˈaβ.ðis/ → /ˈav.ðis/
Noun
λάμος • (lámos)
- according to a scholium of Horace, this word means: ingluvies (“crop of birds”).
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