βλέτυγες

βλέτυγες

Grammatical information: m.\/f.?

Meaning: φλυαρίαι, οἱ δε βλεκυγες H.

Other forms: Cf. *βλαταγίζουσα [conj. for βλασταρίζουσα] ἐπικροτοῦσα H.; also ὑπερβλαττύουσαν (DELG s.v. βλαττοῖ).

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations], PGX [probably a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: See Grošelj, Živa Antika 7 (1957) 42. S. βλίκανον. We seem to find a stem βλετ-, βλεκ-, -βλαττ-, βλικ- which is onomatopoetic; it may also be Pre-Greek.