λατύσσω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
λαῖτμα
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
laitma
English translation (word)
depth of the sea
Transliteration (Etymon)
latussō
English translation (etymon)
to strike
Source
idem
Ref.
A Schol. Il. 19.267d Erbse
Ed.
H. Erbse, Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem (scholia vetera), vols. 1-5, 7, Berlin: De Gruyter, 1:1969; 2:1971; 3:1974; 4:1975; 5:1977; 7:1988
Quotation
λαῖτμα: παρὰ τὸ λίαν τέμνεσθαι· τὸ γὰρ λα ἐπιτατικὸν μόριον. ἢ παρὰ τὸ λατύσ<σ>εσθαι, ὅ ἐστι τύπτεσθαι ταῖς κώπαις.
Translation (En)
Laitma "depth of the sea": from "to be cut" (temnesthai) greatly (lian): for the la- is the intensive prefix. Or from latussesthai, which means to be beaten by the oars
Parallels
Scholia in Ap. Rh., Arg. 1.1299, p. 117-118 (λαῖτμα δὲ τὸ κύτος τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ διάστημα, οἱονεὶ λάταμα, ἢ παρὰ τὸ λατύσσεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων, ὅ ἐστι τύπτεσθαι)
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology, referring to the sea as the place where boats can sail. The sea is defined by the use man makes of it. The etymon provides the sequence /lat/, to which the /i/ must be added in order to obtain the /lait/ of the lemma