- λέκιθος
- λέκιθοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `gruel or pulse of cereals' (Hp., Gal., com.), f. `yolk' (Hp., Arist.)Derivatives: λεκίθιον n. (PHolm. 19, 41), λεκιθ-ώδης `colour of yolk' (Hp., Thphr.), -ίτης ἄρτος `bread from leguminous plants' (Ath.; Redard 90).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Because of the suffixes (Schwyzer 510, Chantraine Form. 368) of foreign origin; Ch. recalls the GN Λεκίθη. For connection with λέκος, λεκάνη Grošelj Živa Ant. 2, 212 a. 4, 172.Page in Frisk: 2,103
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.