- πλέθρον
- πλέθρονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: measure of length of 100 feet, square measure of 10000 square feet (IA.); later (Plu.) = Lat. iugerum; also `racetrack' (Syrac.).Other forms: πέλεθρον (Hom., also Delph. a. Corc.Compounds: As 2. member e.g. in ἀ-πέλεθρος `immeasurable' (Hom., Nonn.), δί-πλεθρος `measuring two πλ.', -ον n. `length or area of πλ.' (hell.). -ία f. `id.' (Corc.).Derivatives: πλεθρ-ιαῖος `measuring one πλ.' (X., Pl.). -ιον n. designation of a part of the Gymnasiums in Olympia (Paus., Luc.), -ίζω approx. `to measure, to spread oneself over smth.' (Thphr. Char. 23, 2; ἐκ- πλέθρον Gal) with -ισμα = δρόμημα (H., Phot.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation like βέρεθρον a.o. (Schwyzer 533); etymol. unclear. Hypothesis by Lobeck (s. Curtius 277 a. Bq; cf. Persson Beitr. 2, 663): to πίμπλημι `fill'; by Kretschmer Glotta 9, 225 f. (with Hultsch): prop. `earthinversion'(? `-umwendung'), `ploughing, furrow' to πέλομαι `turn' (rather `turning of the plough'; Thierfelder by letter.); cf. also WP. 1, 516. After Hermann IF 34, 340 foreign word. -- On the varying forms πέλεθρον : πλέθρον also Schwyzer 259 and Szemerényi Syncope in Greek and Indo-European (Napoli 1964) 214f., who takes πλέθρον as Greek syncope of πέλεθρον. -- Furnée 152 adduces βλέθρον inscr. Thespiae, LSJ 1414.Page in Frisk: 2,555
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