- Λέλεγες
- Λέλεγες, -ωνGrammatical information: m. pl.Meaning: old people on the coasts of Greece and Asia Minor and on the islands (Il.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Reduplicated formation (like Βάρβαροι); because of the foreign language perhaps called "the babbler, chatterer", to λαλα-γέω, λαλέω (cf. Schwyzer 59 n. 2). Referring to the sing. Λέξ (given by grammarians (Arkad., Theognost.) Brandenstein P. -W. Suppl. 6, 169 f. suggets that Λέ-λεγ-ες is protohattic (= Hattic)and has a pluralprefix λε-; thus Kretschmer Glotta 28, 249 and 32, 162ff. with further quite hypothetic combinations after Trubetzkoy Mél. van Ginneken 171 ff. - Theander Eranos 15, 151 ff. tries to connect ἔλεγος, ἐλελευ.̃Page in Frisk: 2,103
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.