λιδρίον τρύβλιον

λιδρίον· τρύβλιον, Hsch. [full] λίζει· παίζει, and [full] λίζουσι· παίζουσιν, Id. [full] λιζόν· ἔλαττον, Id. (i.e. ὄλιζον). [full] λίζω,

A graze, Eust.1926.37, as giving the Root of λίγδην, ἐπιλίγδην. [full] λιζῶνες· ἐλάττονες, Hsch. (Cf. ὀλείζων, ὀλίγος). [full] λίημος· ψάμαθος, Id. (fort. ἄμμος). [full] λίην, [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. for λίαν. [full] λίηνος· λιθοπυργία, Id. [full] λίηφος·, δεινός, Id. [full] λῖθ', v. λῖτα.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `pound', as weight and coin, as Sicil. silvermoney = a half mina or 50 drachmes (Epich., Sophr., [Simon.] 141, hell.).

Compounds: Compp., e.g. δεκά-λιτρος `worth ten pound' (Epich., Sophr.), λιτρο-σκόπος `money-changer' (S. Fr. 1065).

Derivatives: λιτραῖος (AP, Gal.), also λιτρ-ιαῖος (Gal.; cf. Chantraine Form. 49) `worth or containing a pound '; λιτρίζω `weigh or deliver by weight' with λιτρισμός (pap.); also λιτρασμός `libratio' (Gloss.).

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] WMed.

Etymology: Mediterranean word, originating from Sicily and identical with Lat. lībra `balance, pound'. As common basic form one postulates * līÞrā; on the phonetics Schulze KZ 33, 223f. (= Kl. Schr. 276f.), Schwyzer 206, Pariente Emer. 20, 389ff. The alternative short ι in λίτρα, which would be Doric after Hdn. Gr. 2, 546, 12, is unexplained. Details in W.-Hofmann s. lībra. - Fur. 182 compares λιδρίον τρύβλιον H.

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