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1 λισφώσασθαι
λισφ-ώσασθαι· ἐλαττώσασθαι, Hsch.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > λισφώσασθαι
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2 λίσπος
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: prob. `smooth, polished, flat' (Ar. Ra. 826, γλῶσσα); αἱ λίσπαι as word for half of a dice, used by two friends as a tally (Pl. Smp. 193 a), also οἱ λίσποι (Suid.); aspirated form λίσφος (acc. to Moer. and Tz. Attic), λίσφοι = τὰ ἰσχία (EM 567, 20).Compounds: Compp. λισπό-πυγος (- πυξ) `with smooth (flat) buttocks' (Phryn., Poll., sch.), ὑπό-λισπος (- φος) `below or a little smooth, polished, flat', esp. of the buttocks and hips (Ar. Eq. 1368, Philostr., Poll.).Derivatives: Denomin. λισφώσασθαι ἐλαττώσασθαι H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Popular word, recalling λισσός (hardly from this through cross with a diff. word); cf. WP. 2, 390, W.-Hofmann s. līma. An IE *slik-skʷ(h)o-s (Bq) is improbable. Fur. cites λίσφος, λέσφος, typical of a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 2,129Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > λίσπος
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λισφώσασθαι — (Α) [λίσφος] (κατά τον Ησύχ.) «ἐλαττώσασθαι» … Dictionary of Greek