- γλαφυρός
- γλαφυρόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `hollow(ed)' (Il.), `polished, smooth, refined, elegant' (Ar.).Derivatives: γλαφυρότης `neatness, elegance' (Ph.) and γλαφυρία `id.' (Plu.). - Rare γλάφυ n. `hollow, cavern' (Hes. Op. 533) and γλάφω `hollow' (Hes. Sc. 431), also διαγλάψασα, late `engrave' (ClassRev. 12, 282; Koptos IIp).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Dissimilated from -υλός (?) acc. to Leumann (Glotta 32, 223 A. 2), from an u-stem (λιγυρός : λιγύς)?. Perhaps γλάφυ is old and represents this u-stem; γλάφω, a ἅπ. λεγ. `hollow', can be secondary. Later the verb means (though not quite certainly) `engrave. It looks as a cross between γλύφω and γράφω. The development to `smooth' etc. is rather surprising. - Compare Slavic words for `hollow, gnaw', e.g. Sloven. glóbati . (But Russ. globá `cross-beam' does not fit in, Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. v.). DELG thinks that υ stands for α (Lejeune, Phonétique 1969, 180, 315f.) or a dissimilation of *γλυφυ-. Doubtful.Page in Frisk: 1,311
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