- ληνός
- ληνόςGrammatical information: f. (on the gender Schwyzer-Debrunner 34 n. 2)Meaning: `trough (for pressing wine), winepress, sarcophagus, socket into which the mast fitted etc.' (h. Merc. 104; Zumbach Neuerungen 11).Other forms: Dor. λανόςCompounds: Rare compp., e.g. ληνο-βάτης `one who treads the wine-vat' (late), ἄ-ληνος `not pressed' (of almond oil; Aet.).Derivatives: Diminut. ληνίς, ληνίδιον (pap.); further λην(ε)ών, -ῶνος m. `place where the wine is pressed' (pap., Gp.), ληνᾶς, -ᾶδος m. (late inscr.; Anatolia), prob. = ληνοβάτης, s. Schulze Kl. Schr. 300.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Uneplained. Wrong IE etymologie are rejected by Bq. Not better Grošelj Živa Ant. 4, 172: to Goth. *lōna f. `puddle', with ONord. lōn n. `id.'. - On Λήναια, Ληναιών s. zu λῆναι.Page in Frisk: 2,117
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.