- λοιγός
- λοιγόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `ruin, havoc, death' (Il.).Compounds: As 2. member in βροτο-λοιγός `destroying men' (of Ares; Il.), also in ἀθηρη-λοιγός "consumer of chaff" (?), `winnowing-fan' (Od.).Derivatives: λοίγιος `destroying, bringing disaster' (Il.), also λοιγήεις, -ής `id.' (Nic.; poet. transformations, cf. Schwyzer 527: 2 and 513: β); λοιγίστρια ὀλοθρεύτρια H.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [667] *leig- `illness'Etymology: Prop. agent noun "the destroyer" (cf. Porzig Satzinhalte 307) of a primary verb preserved in Lith. líegti `be very ill, be ailing' (IE *leig-), to which belongs also the zero grade nom. actionis ligà, Latv. liga `illness, plague'; further perh. Alb. lig `bad, meagre' and (with IE *k) OIr. līach `miserable, unhappy'. (Not here ὀλίγος `slight, small' and Arm. aɫk`-at `poor'. - WP. 2, 398, Pok. 667, Fraenkel Wb. s. ligà. Uncertain combinations in Krogmann IF 53, 44ff., Jegers Balt. Etymologien (Comment. Balt. IV--V: 3, Bonn 1958) 20ff., Specht Ursprung 125, 218, 226.Page in Frisk: 2,134
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.