Λαμπ(τ)ρεύς

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `lighten, glow', act. also ` enlighten' (Il.)

Other forms: aor. λάμψαι, fut. λάμψω (IA.), perf. 3. sg. λέλαμπε with pres.-meaning (E.; Wackernagel Synt. 1, 167, Schwyzer 772), aor. pass. λαμφθῆναι (J.),

Compounds: often with prefix, e. g. ἀπο-, ἐκ-, ἐν-, ἐπι-, ὑπο-.

Derivatives: 1. λαμπάς, - άδος f. `torch, torch-race' (IA.), also poet. adj. `torch-lit ' (S.); with λαμπάδιον `small torch' (Att.); λαμπαδ-ίας m. name of a comet and of the constellation Aldebaran (Chrysipp.; Scherer Gestirnnamen 121 f.), - ίτης `torch-runner' (Pergamon III^a; Redard 242); λαμπάδ-ιος `from a torch' (pap.), - ιεῖος `id.' (Delos III^a; Schwyzer 468, Chantraine Form. 93), - ικός `id.' (sch.); λαμπαδεῖον `toch-holder' (Eleusis IV^a; like λυχνεῖον). Denomin.: a. λαμπαδίζω `participate in a torch-run or a torch-procession' with λαμπαδισταί pl. `participants in a toch-run' (Delphi II ^a; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 71 f.); b. λαμπαδεύομαι, - εύω `id., treat as a λαμπάς' (D. S., Ph.) with λαμπαδεία ` torch-procession' (Priene III-II^a). - 2. λαμπτήρ, - ῆρος m. `lighter, torch, lantern' (Od.), with λαμπτήρια n. pl. name of a feast (pap.). 3. λάμψις f. ` lighting' (LXX, Ph.), esp. in compp. as διάλαμψις (Arist.) etc. On λαμψάνη ` cabbage, `Brassica arvensis's.v. 4. λαμπηδών, - όνος f. `lustre, glance' (Epicur., D. S.). 5. λαμπυρίς f. ` glow-worm' (Arist.) with λαμπυρίζω ` light as a glow-worm', also `enlighten' (Thphr., pap.), dissimilated from *λαμπ-υλίς? (Leumann Glotta 32, 223 n. 2; but s. below). - 6. λαμπρός `lighting, gleaming' with λαμπρότης, λαμπρύνω `enlighten', midd. `show' (IA.), with λαμπρυν-τής (late); as 1. member w. dissim. in Λάμπουρος name of a dog (Theoc.), - ουρις f. `fox' (A. Fr. 433, Lyc.). -- 7. ὑπο-, περι-λαμπ-ής `blow resp. roundabout lighting' (Hes. Sc., Ph., Plu.). -- 8. Lengthened verbal forms: ptc. λαμπετάων (- όων) `lighting' (Λ 104); explanation uncertain, s. Schwyzer 705, Leumann Hom. Wörter181 f., Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 358; λαμπάζω = λάμπω (Man.). - 9. Several PN: Λάμπος, Λαμπετίδης, Λαμπετίη, Λάμπιτος, - τώ, Λαμπαδ-ίων, - ίσκος, Λαμπ(τ)ρεύς; s. Bechtel Histor. PN 621, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 236, Schwyzer 337.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: The forms, both the verbal and the nominal, go back on a λάμπω (Schwyzer 692). - Withou nasalwe find in Hitt. lap-zi `glow', lap-nu-zi `bring in glow, kindle' (MudgeLang. 7, 252, Benveniste BSL 33, 140). Further, with long vowel, IE. * lāp- or * lōp-, some Baltic words for `torch, flame': Lith. lópė, Latv. lāpa, OPruss. lopis; with short a-vowel, but deviating in auslaut, Celt., OIr. lassaim `flame', Welsh llachar `glow', which can go back on * laps-. - Further combinations in Bq and WP. 2, 383; also Fraenkel Wb. s. lópė. Cf. also λοφνίς. It is doubtful whether this material proves IE origin. On λαμψάνη s. v., id. λοφνίς. Are λαμπ-ηδών, λαμπ-υρίς Greek? A nasal present is also difficult (* lh₂mp-?).

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