λάχν-η

λαχν-ήεις, [dialect] Dor. [suff] λαχν-άεις, εσσα, εν, [var] contr. [suff] λαχν-ῆς Hdn.Gr.2.618:—

A woolly, hairy, shaggy,

Φῆρες Il.2.743

;

στήθεα 18.415

;

στέρνα Pi.P.1.19

;

συὸς δέρμα Il.9.548

; λ. ὄροφος downy, soft thatch, 24.451.

λαχν-αῖος, α, ον,

A = λαχνήεις, AP9.439 (Crin.).

λάχν-η, ἡ,

A soft woolly hair, down, as of the first beard,

πρίν σφωϊν.. πυκάσαι γένυς εὐανθέϊ λάχνῃ Od.11.320

;

ὅτε λάχναι νιν μέλαν γένειον ἔρεφον Pi.O.1.68

; of the thin hair on Thersites' head,

ψεδνὴ δ' ἐπενήνοθε λ. Il.2.219

; of the soft nap or pile on cloth,

οὔλη δ' ἐπενήνοθε λ. 10.134

; of the scanty hairs on the elephant, Luc.Philops.24; of the hair or fur of wild beasts,

λάχνῃ δέρμα κατάσκιον Hes.Op. 513

; of the bear's or polecat's fur, Opp.C.3.140, Nic.Th. 690; of sheep's wool, S.Tr. 690, Opp.C.2.379; of ox's hair, A.R.1.325: in pl., of the hedgehog's quills, Plu.2.98d, Opp.H.2.369.

II metaph., leafage, Nic.Al. 410, Opp.H.4.167, 380 (pl.).

λαχν-ώδης, ες,

A = λαχνήεις, λαχνῶδες οὖδας χλόης the ground downy with grass, E.Cyc. 541; gloss on v.l. ἔγχνοα in Nic.Th. 762.

λάχν-ωσις, εως, ἡ,

A covering with hair, Hp.Hebd.5.21 R.

ἀπολαγνεύω,

A spend in debauchery, in [tense] pf. [voice] Pass., Hsch. (- λαχν-cod.).

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `soft, woolly hair, down' (Il.), metaph. of leafage (Nic., Opp.) ;

Other forms: rarely λάχνῳ (dat. sg.) of the wool of a sheep (ι 445).

Compounds: λαχνό-γυιος `with hairy members' (E.)

Derivatives: λαχν-ήεις, -ά̄εις (Il., Pi.), - ώδης (E.), - αῖος (AP) `hairy, woolly'; λαχνόομαι `become hairy' (sol., AP) with λάχνωσις (Hp.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1139] *w(o)lḱ-`hair'

Etymology: From *λακ-σν-ᾱ (Schwyzer 327, Chantraine Form. 192, Benveniste Origines 101), which through *Ϝλακ-σν-ᾱ, IE *u̯l̥ḱ-sn-ā, agrees with an Iran. and Slav. word for `hair': Av. varǝsa- m. n., NPers. gurs, OCS vlasъ, Russ. vólos, IE *u̯olḱ-o-. Because of the meaning less probable is the connection with OCS vlaknó, Russ. voloknó `thread', Skt. valká- m. `bark, sap-wood', IE *u̯olk-. Further Bq (with also older, dated interpretations), WP. 1, 297, Pok. 11 39, Vasmer s. vólos, voloknó and volócha; cf. also λάσιος.

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