- λάζομαι
- λάζομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `seize, grasp, take, get hold of' (Il.),Other forms: λάζυμαι (h. Merc. 316, also Megar., Thess. [λάδδουσθη, οὑπο-λάδδουνθη]), both only presentstem.Compounds: also with ἀντι-, ἀνα-, προσ-.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [958) *sleh₂gʷ- (IE -a- is impossible) `seize, grasp'Etymology: The younger λάζυμαι was prob. created after αἴνυμαι (Schwyzer 698, Fraenkel IF 60, 132; older lit. in Bq). As yot-present λάζομαι can stand for *λάγ-ι̯ομαι (or *λάγγ-ι̯ομαι; Brugmann-Thumb 336, 339); the form λαβεῖν, ἔ-λλαβε s. λαμβάνω (and λάβρος ?), which can hardly be separated, requires a labiovelar, IE. *(s)lehleh₂gʷ-i̯- (IE had no phoneme *a). Connection with the isolated OS læccan `seize, grasp', NEngl. latch, seems possible. Pok. 958.Page in Frisk: 2,71
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.