- λάμπη
- λάμπηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `scum, e. g. on the surface of wine, phlegm'; metaph. of putrescence, mud of the netherworld (A. Eu. 387, Dsc., Plu.).Other forms: λάπη (Hp., Diph.). Fur. 316 adduces λαπτής λαπτην ἔλεγον τὸν παχὺν ἀφρόν etc.Derivatives: λα(μ)πώδης (also -ππ-) `covered with scum' (Hp., Erot., Gal.), λαμπηρός `id.' (Hp. ap. Gal.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Connection with λάμπω (Schulze Kl. Schr. 114 with L.Meyer) cannot explain the nasalless forms. Cf. on λέμφος. After Grošelj Živa Ant. 2, 212 to λέπω (λάμπη and λαμπήνη emphatic nasalization ?). The variants prove a Pre-Greek word (not -ππ).Page in Frisk: 2,78
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.