- λαγγάζω
- λαγγάζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `slacken' (Antiph., Phot., AB [= ἐν- δίδωμι]); λαγγάζει ὀκνεῖ, οἱ δε λαγγεῖ; λαγγάσαι περιφυγεῖν H.Derivatives: Other formations in H.: λαγγεύει φεύγει, λαγγανώμενος περιϊστάμενος, στραγγευόμενος (cf. Schwyzer 700γ), λαγγαρεῖ ἀποδιδράσκει (correct?). - λαγγών (λάγγων?) ὁ εὑθὺς λανθάνων τοῦ ἀγῶνος καὶ τοῦ φόβου EM 554, 15 (cf. Chantraine Form. 160). - Also with -ο- : λογγάζω, λογγάσαι. s.v.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Expressive -popular words, which agree formally and semantically to Lat. langueō, -ēre `be faint, slack' (with sec. -u-) and like this can be understood as nasalized present formations to λαγά-σαι (λαγαίω); cf. Kretschmer Glotta 11, 235 (to Bogiatzides Άρχ. Έφ. 27, 115ff.); partly diff. We must separate several Baltic words with the meaning `rock, sling, vacillate', e. g. Lith. langóti, lingúoti (WP. 2, 436); s. Fraenkel Wb. 331 (s. láigyti); thus Germ., e. g. OHG slinc 'link', Swed. etc. linka, lanka, lunka `limp, go slowly etc.', s. WP. 2, 713, Pok. 959f., W.-Hofmann s. langueō. Same problem as λαγαίω, s.v. Does the form with -ο- point to Pre-Greek?Page in Frisk: 2,68-69
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.