Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *leh₁y-b-. Cognate with Latvian liet (to pour), assuming that the -β- is secondary. Latin lībō may have been borrowed from Greek, or comes from another root.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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λείβω (leíbō)

  1. (transitive) to pour, pour forth
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to pour a libation [with dative ‘to a god’]
  3. (transitive) to let flow, shed
  4. (passive voice) to melt or pine away

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λείβω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 842-3

Further reading

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  • λείβω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • λείβω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • λείβω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • λείβω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • λείβω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • λείβω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter