- λοφνίς
- λοφνίς, -ίδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `torch' (Lyc., AP, Cleitarch. Gloss. ap. Ath. 15, 701 a [cod. λοφίδα])Derivatives: λοφνίδια λαμπάδια H.; also λοφνία f. `id.' (Anon. ap. Ath. 15, 699 d; Kaibel λοφνίδα); cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 56.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Formation in -ίς or -ία from *λόφνος, -νη. Because of the description in Ath. την ἐκ τοῦ φλοιοῦ (τῆς ἀμπέλου) λαμπάδα prob. with Bq a. o. from *λοπ-σν-ο-, -ᾱ to λέπω `peel', λοπός `shell, bark'; the σν-suffix also in λύχνος with comparable meaning (cf. Schwyzer 327); possible but rather improbable. - After Osthoff MU 6, 64 to λάμπω (with Lith. lópe `torch, light' a. o.), s. v.; by WP. 2, 383 rightly rejected.Page in Frisk: 2,139
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.