λάσιος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (for which compare Proto-Germanic *walþuz (forest)) or *h₂welh₁- (wool).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

λάσῐος (lásiosm (feminine λᾰσίᾱ, neuter λάσῐον); first/second declension

  1. shaggy, woolly
  2. hairy
  3. bushy, overgrown

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Translingual: Lasius

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λάσιος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 836

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