λίνδεσθαι
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *li-né-d-ti ~ li-n-d-énti, a nasal-infixed present from the root *leyd- (“to let”).[1] Semantically, after shifting its meaning to “to play” like in *λίζω (*lízō) and Latin lūdō, further evolved to “to contend”, like German Schimpf (“insult, affront”) from Middle High German schimpf (“jest, pastime, play, tournament”).[2]
Verb edit
λίνδεσθαι • (líndesthai) (present mediopassive infinitive)
- (hapax) to contend
- Synonym: ἁμιλλᾶσθαι (hamillâsthai)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Λ:
- λίνδεσθαι· ἁμιλλᾶσθαι
- líndesthai; hamillâsthai
- líndesthai: to contend
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “leid-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 666
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