Ancient Greek edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Hellenic *líďďō, from Proto-Indo-European *lid-yé-ti,[1] from the root *leyd-. Cognate with Latin lūdō (to play).[2][3]

Verb edit

*λίζω (*lízō)

  1. to play
    Synonym: παίζω (paízō)

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*loid-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 434
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “leid-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 666
  3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “lei̯d-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 402–403

Further reading edit

  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λοιδορέω”, 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