- λοῦσσον
- λοῦσσονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `white pith of the fir-tree' (Thphr. HP 3, 9, 7); on the meaning etc. Strömberg Theophrastea 126, 128, 166.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Can continue *λουκ-ιον as deriv. of a root noun as seen in Lat. lūx `light', if from IE *louk-s, ; so prop. "the light emitting, the lighting"; beside it with i̯ā-suffix OCS luča f. `beam'. An o-deriv, IE *louk-o-s, is Lat. lūcus `forest' etc.; here further a. o. the verbal adj. λευκός and the yotpresent λεύσσω; s. vv., also λύχνος. - A rather improbable etym.Page in Frisk: 2,137-138
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.