λίσσομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of λιτός (litós, supplicatory) and λιτή (litḗ, prayer, entreaty); 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-. MacBain compares Scottish Gaelic lide (syllable).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

λίσσομαι • (líssomai)

  1. (poetic) to pray, beseech

Conjugation

References

  1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) chapter LID, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

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