λιττάς

λιττάς,

A v. λισσάς.

λισσάς, άδος, [dialect] Boeot. [full] λιττάς Corinn.Supp. 1.30, fem. of

A

λισσός, λισσὰς αἰγίλιψ πέτρα A.Supp. 794

(lyr.), cf. E.Andr. 533 (lyr.), HF 1148, Theoc.22.37, Lyr. ap. Plu.2.90d: Subst. λισσάς (sc. πέτρα), bare, smooth cliff, Plu.Mar.23, Crass.9, Opp.H.2.320; of a tomb-stone, Epigr.Gr.256.

πέτρα, [dialect] Ion. and [dialect] Ep. [full] πέτρη, ἡ,

A rock; freq. of cliffs, ledges, etc. by the sea,

λισσὴ αἰπεῖά τε εἰς ἅλα πέτρη Od.3.293

, cf. 4.501, etc.; χῶρος λεῖος πετράων free from rocks, of a beach, 5.443 ;

π. ἠλίβατος.. ἁλὸς ἐγγὺς ἐοῦσα Il.15.618

, etc.; χοιρὰς π. Pi.P.10.52; also, rocky peak or ridge, αἰγίλιψ π. Il.9.15, etc.;

ἠλίβατος 16.35

, etc.; λιττὰς π. Corinn.Supp.1.30, cf.A.Supp. 796 (lyr.); π. Λενκάς, 'ωλενίη, etc., Od.24.11, Il.11.757, etc.; π. σύνδρομοι, Συμπληγάδες, Pi.P.4.209, E.Med. 1264(lyr.); πρὸς πέτραις ὑψηλοκρήμνοις, of Caucasus, A.Pr.4, cf. 31, 56, al.; π. Δελφίς, π. δίλοφος, of Parnassus, S.OT 464(lyr.), Ant. 1126(lyr.);

π. Κωρυκίς A.Eu.22

; π. Κεκροπία, of the Acropolis, E. Ion 936.

2 π. γλαφυρή a hollow rock, i.e. a cave, Il.2.88, cf. 4.107; σπέος κοιλῇ ὑπὸ π. Hes. Th. 301; δίστομος π. cave in the rock with a double entrance, S.Ph.16, cf. 937; κατηρεφεῖς αὐτῇ τῇ π. Pl.Criti. 116b;

π. ἀντρώδης X.An.4.3.11

;

τόπος κύκλῳ πέτραις περιεχόμενος IG42(1).122.21

(Epid.); ἕως τῆς π. down to virgin rock, PCair.Zen.172.14 (iii B.C.), OGI672 (Egypt, i A. D.), cf. Ev.Matt.16.18.

3 mass of rock or boulder, Od.9.243, 484, Hes.Th. 675 ;

πέτρας κυλινδομένα φλόξ Pi.P.1.23

;

ἐκυλίνδουν πέτρας X.An.4.2.20

, cf. Plb.3.53.4.

4 stone as material, π. λαρτία, Τηΐα, SIG581.97 (Crete, iii/ii B. C.), 996.13 (Smyrna, i A. D.): distd. from πέτρος (q. v.), which is v.l. in X.l.c.; πέτρᾳ shd. be read in S.Ph. 272 ; the distn. is minimized by Gal.12.194.

II prov., οὐκ ἀπὸ δρυὸς οὐδ' ἀπὸ πέτρης, etc. (v. δρῦς); as a symbol of firmness,

ὁ δ' ἐστάθη ἠΰτε π. ἔμπεδον Od.17.463

; of hard-heartedness,

ἐκ πέτρας εἰργασμένος A.Pr. 244

;

ἁλίαν π. ἢ κῦμα λιταῖς ὢς ἱκετεύων E.Andr. 537

(anap.); cf.

πέτρος 1.2

. (Written πε-τε-ρα in a text with musical accompaniment, Pae.Delph.5.)

λίς 2

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: adjunct of πέτρη (μ 64, 79), of σινδών (SGDI 5702, 19; Samos IV^a) `smooth'.

Dialectal forms: Myc. rita ( pawea = φάρϜεα `mantels, clothes')

Derivatives: Beside it 1. acc. sg. (also taken as pl.) λῖτ--α, dat. λιτ-ί `smooth (simple(?) linen' (Hom.). 2. λῑτός `simple' (IV^a), λίτως (Alc. F 7, 2; connection unknown) with λιτότης f. `simpleness' (Democr. 274, Thphr.). - 3. λισσός (Crete III<sup>a</sup>, also GN), f. λισσή (Od.), λισσάς, Boeot. λιττάς (Corinn., A., E., Theoc., A. R.) `smooth, callow', also metaph. `naked, insolvent' (Crete); from here λισσόομαι in [λισ]σωθέντων ptc. `becoming insolvent' (Crete III^a) and in λίσσωμα `bald spot on the skull', λίσσωσις `becoming bald, baldheadedness' (Arist.); cf. λισσούς δεομένους. καὶ τοὺς ἡσυχῆ φαλακρούς H.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: On λισσάνιος s. v. These words must be explained as follows acc. to Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 88ff.. The basis was the τ-stem λι-τ- in λί-ς and in the substantives λῖτ-α, λιτ-ί. Thematic enlargement gave λιτ-ό-ς; beside it a ια-deriv. in fem. *λῖσσα (from *λῖτ-ι̯α), with (through the orig. ablauting gen. λισσῆς) a new nom. λισσή with masc. λισσός. With λίς: λῖσσα cf. e.g. θής: θῆσσα, Κρής: Κρῆσσα. - From λίς the form λεῖος can hardly be separated; so λῑ-τ- zero grade to a lengthened grade lēi- (Fraenkel l.c.) or because of its monosyllabicity from *λῐ-τ- lengthned to lei- (cf. Schwyzer 350)? - There is no reason to postulate a separate word λῖτ-α, λιτ-ί `linnen' (s. Bq s. λίνον); s. also Bechtel Lex. s. λίς, λισσός. Uncertain suppositions.

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