λοιγός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *lig-ós, from *leyg- (illness). Synchronically, an agent noun meaning "destroyer" from an unattested verb preserved in Lithuanian líegti (to be ailing).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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λοιγός (loigósm (genitive λοιγοῦ); second declension

  1. destruction, ruin

Declension

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Adjective

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λοιγός (loigósm or f (neuter λοιγόν); second declension

  1. Synonym of λοίγιος (loígios): deadly, pestilent (epithet of Mars (Ares)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λοιγός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 869

Further reading

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  • λοιγός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • λοιγός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • λοιγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press