λίσσομαι

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From the same root as λιτός (litós, supplicatory) and λιτή (litḗ, prayer, entreaty), said root of unknown origin, but the fact that the λ often makes a preceding short vowel into a heavy syllable, as well as the frequent doubling of the λ after the augment ἐ- (e-), makes it likely that it comes from an earlier *slit-, and thus perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyt-.

MacBain compares Scottish Gaelic lide (syllable);[1] another potential cognate is Lithuanian liẽsti (to touch), see there for more discussion.[2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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λίσσομαι (líssomai)

  1. (poetic) to pray, beseech

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) chapter LID, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λίσσομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 866

Further reading

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