- λεύω
- λεύωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `stone' (IA.).Other forms: aor. λεῦσαι, pass. λευσθῆναι, fut. λεύσω.Compounds: also with κατα-.Derivatives: λευστήρ m. `stoner, lapidator' (Orac. ap. Hdt. 5, 67, trag.; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 212, Benveniste Noms d'agent 40), λευσμός m. `lapidation' (A., E.), (κατα-)λεύσιμος `connected with lapidation' (after θανάσιμος; Arbenz Adj. auf -ιμος 79), λευστά ... λιθοβόλητα H.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Of old considered as denominative of λᾶας `stone', but it has appeared that λᾶας had no u. Diff. Pedersen Cinq. décl. lat. 45 f. (with Jessen): to OWNo. ljósta, pret. laust `slay', IE *leus-t-ō.Page in Frisk: 2,110
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.