- λυγγούριον
- λυγγούριονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `a kind of amber' (Thphr.)Other forms: also λιγγ-, λιγκ-; note λυγκούριον τὸ ἤλεκτρον H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]\/LW [loanword] Eur.Etymology: See also s. λύγξ 2. λυγγούριον (λυγκ-, λιγκ- a. o.) n. kind of amber (Thphr., Delos IIIa, Str. usw.), subst. bahuvrihi of λύγξ and οὖρον, as the stone was considered as urine of the lynx. -- As to λυγγούριον, it has variants λογούριον ὕελος, Λάκωνες H and λογούριον ὕαλος Η, which rather show that it is a foreign word, from which the explanation with the urine arose; it is just a folketymol. phantasy. Fur. 278 n. 43.
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.