- λογγάζω
- λογγάζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `linger, hesitate, abide' (A. Fr. 112, Ar. Fr. 811)Other forms: aor. λογγάσαιDerivatives: λογγάσια n. pl. (H. also sg. f. -σίη) prop. "(place to) abide", `stones to fix the ships cables' (H., Phot. s. λογγάζειν).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Formation like γυμνάσιον, -σία to γυμνάζομαι etc. (Schwyzer 469f.); also λογγῶνες m. pl. `id.', after EM 569, 42 Syracusan, shortened form after the place-names in -(ε)ών. - Cannot be separated from the synonymous λαγγάζω (s. v.); the ο-vowel remains unexplained. Cf. Bechtel Dial. 2, 285. A variation α\/ο could well be Pre-Greek. Cf. also Fur. 274 (on Lat. langueo).Page in Frisk: 2,133
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.