- λῆρος 1
- λῆρος 1Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `trash, trumpery, nonsense' (Att., Hp.).Derivatives: ληρ-ώδης `silly' (Pl., Arist.) with -ωδία (Hdn.), -ωδέω (Phot.), -ώδημα (Suid.). - Besides, prob. as denomin., ληρέω, -ῆσαι, also with prefix like παρα-, ἀπο-, κατα-, `be foolish, silly, speak ...' (Att., Hp.) with (παρα- )λήρ-ημα (Pl.), -ησις (Hp., Plu.); backformation παρά-ληρος `delirious' (Hp., Ph.). Also ληρ-αίνω `id.' (Ph., H.; after ἀφραίνω a. o., Debrunner IF 21, 57), ληρεία = λήρησις (Phld.; as if from *ληρεύω).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unknown. An analysis λῆ-ρος makes connection possible with a widespread group of onomatop. words with *lā-, Lith. ló-ju, ló-ti, OCS la-jǫ, -jati `bark, abuse', Arm. la-m `cry', Lat. lā-mentum `lament'; besides with short vowel λάρος, λάσκω (s. vv.); also λαίειν, λαήμεναι φθέγγεσθαι H. - Further forms in WP. 2, 377 f., Pok. 650, W.-Hofmann s. lāmentum, Fraenkel Wb. s. lóti.Page in Frisk: 2,118
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.