- λάσιος
- λάσιοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `shaggy, woolly, overgrown with' (Il.).Compounds: Compp., e. g. λασι-αύχην `with hairy neck' (h. Merc.).Derivatives: λασιών, -ῶνος m. `thicket' (Nic.). Also GN; λασιῶτις, adjunct of ὕλη (Epic. Alex. Adesp.), cf. δενδρῶτις (E.) a. o.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: If from *Ϝλατ-ι̯ος, λάσιος can be connected with some words for `hair etc.' (Fick 2, 263): Celt., e. g. OIr. folt `hair' (IE *u̯olto-), Balt., OPr. wolti `ear (of corn)', Lith váltis `bunch of oats', Slav., e. g. Russ. a. Smallruss. vólotь `thread, ear; raceme', Serb. vlât `ear' (IE *u̯olti-); with (Solmsen KZ 42, 214 n. 4) Germ., e. g. NHG Wald (IE *u̯óltu-; diff. Fick 2, 277); from the words mentioned λάσιος from IE *u̯l̥ti̯os would differ in ablaut. More forms w. lit. and farreaching combinations in Bq, WP. 1, 297, Pok. 1139 f.; s. also λῆνος and λάχνη. - Diff. on λάσιος Lidén PBBeitr. 15, 521 f. (s. Bq). Speculations by A.Blanc in RPh. 73(1999)Page in Frisk: 2,88
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