- λαιμός
- λαιμόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `throat, gullet' (Il.).Compounds: As 1. member a. o. in λαιμο-τόμος `who cute the throat' (E.); on λαίμαργος below.Derivatives: Denomin.: 1. λαι-μάσσω, -ττω `be voracious' (Ar., Herod.; Schwyzer 733) with λαίμαστρον `voracious animal, carouser', as term of abuse (Herod.; cf. on ζύγαστρον); 2. λαιμώσσω `id'. (Nic. Al. 352 as v.l.); 3. λαιμάω `id'. (Hippon.); 4. λαιμάζουσιν ἐσθίουσιν ἀμέτρως H.; λαιμίζω `cut the throat, slaughter' (Lyc.). - Nouns: λαιμά n. pl. = λαμυρά `voracious, greedy' (H.; Men. 106, codd. λαῖμα, λῆμα), prob. back formation to λαιμάω, -άζω, -άσσω; λαιμώρη ἡ λαμυρίς (Theognost. Kan. 9, Suid.); cf. esp. πληθώρη (on the acc. Wackernagel - Debrunner Phil. 95, 181 f.). - A comp. that became unclear is λαίμαργος `voracious, carouser' (Arist., Thphr.) from *λαιμό-μαργος (cf. esp. γαστρί-μαργος), if not from λαίμαργος; s. Georgacas Glotta 36, 165.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: With λαιμός one connects λαῖτμα (s.v.), for which I see no basis; further no usable connection. - Several proposals: to λαμυρός (s. v.), λάμια, *λαμός (WP. 2, 434 with Prellwitz); to λαίειν, λαήμεναι φθέγγεσθαι H. (Bq; against this WP. 2, 377); to λαιός (Huisman KZ 71, 104; cf. s. v.). Several hypotheses on the badly attested adj. λαιμός (s. λαιμά above) by WP. l.cc., among which Solmsen KZ 44, 171 to λαιδρός (s. v.).Page in Frisk: 2,72-73
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.