λείβω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leyb-. Cognate with Latvian liet (to pour), assuming that the -β- is secondary. Latin lībō may have been borrowed from Greek, or comes from another root.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

λείβω (leíbō)

  1. (transitive) to pour, pour forth
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to pour a libation
  3. (transitive) to let flow, shed
  4. (passive voice) to melt or pine away

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References

  • λείβω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • λείβω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • λείβω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • λείβω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • λείβω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • λείβω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • 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