- λίστρον
- λίστρονGrammatical information: n. (-ος m.)Meaning: `tool for levelling, spade, shovel etc.' (χ 455, Lyc., Mosch.).Derivatives: Diminut. λίστριον n. (Ar. Fr. 809, inscr. Lebadea), λιστρωτός `flattened, smoothed' (Nic.) with λιστρόω (Eust.), λιστρεύω `dig round' (ω 227), λιστραίνω `id.' (Suid.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Instrument name in -τρον without explanation. May belong as *λίτ-τρον to λίς, λιτ-ός `smooth, even' (Curtius 367). Against connection with Latv. lîdu, lîst, Lith. lýdyti `dig up, unearth, smoothen' (Bezzenberger-Fick BB 6, 240; s. Specht KZ 66, 220) Fraenkel Wb. s.v.; against connecting Lat. līra `furrow' (Niedermann IF 18 Anz. 80) Bq, WP. 2, 379, W.-Hofmann s. v.Page in Frisk: 2,130
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.