λεκροί

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `slanting, crosswise' (S., E., X.), adv. λέχρις `id.' (Antim., A. R.; after ἄχρις, μέχρις, Schwyzer 620); also λικριφίς `cross-wise, sideways' (λ. ἀΐξας Ξ 463, τ451), in spite of λεκροί, λικροί (s.below) from *λεχρι-φίς with breathdissimilation and vowelassimilation (Schwyzer 256 with Brugmann IF 27, 265; acc. to 351 vowelweakening; for vowelassimilation also Petersen Lang. 14, 56); on the oxytonesis Wackernagel Gött. Nachr. 1914, 26f. (= Kl. Schr. 2, 1128f.); details in Bechtel Lex. s.v.

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

Etymology: The basis of λέχριος may have been a ρ(ο)-stem *λεχρ(ο)- of unknown meaning; adducing λεκροί beside λικροί οἱ ὄζοι τῶν ἐλαφείων κεράτων, with further λί(γ)ξ πλάγιος H., and of λοξός `slanting' requires an orig. *λεκ-σ-ρ- (cf. Schwyzer 327); further s. λοξός. Cf. also on λεκάνη, λέκος. The forms λεκροί \/ λικροί and also λι(γ)ξ seem to point to Pre-Greek forms, to which we should add λικριφίς. Assuming IE forms with and without - σ- side by side is much more difficult than assumeing κ\/χ (and ε\/ι and prenasalisation) for Pre-Greek.

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λέκρανα, τά,

A = ἀγκῶνες, Hsch., Phot.; cf. ὀλέκρανον. [full] λέκρικα· σειραί, σχοινία, Hsch.; cf. λείκρικα. [full] λεκροί, = λικροί (q.v.).

λικροί· οἱ ὔζοι τῶν ἐλαφείων κεράτων, Hsch. (also [full] λεκροί Id.). [full] λίκτης, ου, ὁ, ([etym.] λείχω)

A one that licks, Gloss. (better [full] λείκτης).

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `bent to the side, slanting, oblique', metaph. `ambiguous' (IA.).

Compounds: late compp., e.g. λοξο-κέλευθος `with oblique paths' (Nonn.), παρά-λοξος `slanting, oblique' (Sor.; cf. παρα-λοξαίνομαι below).

Derivatives: Λοξίας, ion. - ίης m. surn. of Apollon as prophesying god (B., Hdt., trag.), also of the ecliptic (astr.; cf. v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 256), Λοξώ f. daughter of Boreas (Call., Nonn., EM 641, 57). - λοξικὸς κύκλος `the ecliptic' (astr.), λοξότης `obliquity, ambiguity' (Str., Plu.). - Denomin. verbs: λοξόομαι, - όω, also with ἐπι-, ὑπο-, `be, make oblique, look aslant' (Sophr., Hp., Herod.) with λόξωσις `inclination, obliquity (of the ecliptic)' (Epicur., Str.); ( δια-)λοξεύω `make aslant, ambiguous' (Lib.) with λοξεύματα pl. `obliquities' (Man.); παρα-λοξαίνομαι `be made obliquely' (Hp.),

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: There are several adj. with comparable meaning with σο-suffix: γαυσός, καμψός, φοξός, ῥυσός etc. (Schwyzer 516, Chantraine Form. 434, Specht Ursprung 199ff.). Connection with λέχριος, and to λεκροί (s. Λοκροί) seems very probable, but as with so many of these adj. the exact formation cannot be determined; the o -vowel speaks for a nominal basis. Further connections are not very clear, e.g. the supposed relation with λέκος, λεκάνη `trough, dish', Lat. lanx (mean.!). Semantically closer comes Lat. licinus `upside bent'; quite hypothetical the Gaul. PN Lexovii, Lixovii; from Celtic one adduces Welsh llechwedd `declivity, slope'. Further there are expressions for elbow, arm and other (crooked) body-parts with initial vowel, e.g. Lith. alkúne `elbow', Russ. lókotь `el(bow)' (PSlav. * olkъt-), Arm. olok` `shin-bone'. - If one cuts off the k and adds (without motivation) ei (IE el-ei-, l-ei- `bend') one is helpless lost "in the etymological marsh", s. WP. 1, 156ff., Pok. 307ff., W.-Hofmann s. lacertus, lanx, valgus. So nothing remotely probable.

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Grammatical information: m. pl.

Meaning: name of a Hellen. tribe, people (Il.), second. adj. `Locrian' (Lyc.).

Derivatives: Λοκρίς (γῆ) f. name of the country (Pi., Ar.), Λοκρικός `Locrian' (Poll.), Λοκριστί adv. `in Locrian way' (Ath.).

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

Etymology: Quite doubtful supposition by Kretschmer Glotta 4, 343 f. (`a very uncertain hypothesis'): prop. "bow-fighters" as abbreviation of *Λοκρό-μαχοι (cf. Δωριεῖς: Δωρίμαχος s. Δωριεῖς) to λεκροί and λικροί οἱ ὄζοι τῶν ἐλαφείων κεράτων H. Adventurous combinations by Kannengießer Klio 11, 45 (as Pre-Greek to Lucretius and other Etrusc. names). - A Pre-Greek name is probable. S. DNP s. Lokroi.

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