- λαπαρός
- λαπαρόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `weak, slack, hollow' (Hp., Arist.).Derivatives: λαπαρότης `weakness' (Hp.); λαπάρη f. `the weak flanks', pl. `the flank(s)' (Il.). - Beside it λαπἁσσω, -ττω, (-ζω Ath., H.), aor. λαπάξαι, fut. λαπάξω `weaken, make hollow, sunken, void' (Hp.), also `destroy' (A.); from there λάπαξις `evacuation' (Arist., medic.), λαπαγμῶν ἐκκενώσεων H., λαπακτικός `evacuating' (medic.). - On λάπαθον `pitfall' s. v. With λαπαρός cf. λαγαρός, χαλαρός, πλα-δαρός etc. with the same suffix and the same meaning (Chantraine Form. 227); a basic primary verb may have been retained in ἔλαψα διέφθειρα. Κύπριοι H. Lengthened from there (after μαλάττω? cf. λαπάττων μαλάττων, λαγαρὸν ποιῶν H.) λαπάσσω, -ττω; the usual meaning `evacuate' arose in the language of the medics from `weaken, make hollow, sunken', referred to the stomach and the bowels. In the sense of `destroy' λαπάξειν, -ξαι agree with ἀλαπάζω, of which the relation to λαπάσσω, -ζω has not been explained; perhaps a cross with another word (Ruijgh L'élém. achéen 74f.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Outside cognates fail; cf. W.-Hofmann s. lepidus (cf. on λέπω, λεπτός); Alb. laps `tired'? (Jokl WienAkSb. 168 : 1, 48; rejected in WP. 1, 92, Pok. 33).Page in Frisk: 2,84-85
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.