λήν λίαν

λῆν, inf. of λῶ; but [full] λήν· λίαν, Hsch.

Grammatical information: adv.

Meaning: `very much, too much' (Il.);

Other forms: ep. Ion. λίην (ῑ̆)

Derivatives: here λιάζειν `be over-enthousiastic' (A. D., Phot.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Like δήν, πλήν a. o. (Schwyzer 621) a fixed acc. with unknown basic meaning. A form λῖ is cited from Epich. 223 (Str. 8, 364), and as 1. member in λι-πόνηρος λίαν πονηρός H.; also λήν λίαν H. The connection of strengthening λα- (s. v.), λαι- is uncertain. Etymolog. unclear; the connection with Dor. λῆν `will' (Prellwitz) is rightly rejected by Bq and WP. 2, 393. Chantraine Glotta 33, 28 considers remote connection with λεῖος. - Here also λίηφος δεινός H.? (Chantraine Form. 263; on the formation see Specht Ursprung 264).

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Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `want, wish' (Epich., Ar., Theoc., Dor, El. inscr.)

Other forms: λῃ̃ς, λῃ̃, λῶμες etc., El. opt. λΕοιταν, Cret. opt. λΕ(ι)οι, λΕιοιεν, subj. λΕιωντι, ptc. λΕιοντος, -α etc., inf. (coni. Ahrens Th. 5, 77) λῆν; the gloss λεῳμι seems Ion.

Derivatives: 1. λῆμα n. `will, spirit, courage, insolence' (Hdt.; Aly Glotta 15, 116) with λημάτια φρονήματα, βουλεύματα H., ληματίας m. `high-spirited, dare-devil' (Ar. Ra. 494; Chantraine Form. 93; v. l. ληματιᾳ̃ς as from *ληματιάω), ληματόομαι in λελημάτωμαι λῆμα ἔχω εἰς τὸ ἔργον H.; 2. λῆσις (also λῆϊς Dor.) βούλησις, αἵρεσις H.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Unexplained. Because of forms like λΕιοι, λΕιωντι etc. an orig. long diphthong lēi- was supposed, to which also λαιδρός, λιλαίομαι (WP. 2, 393 with Solmsen KZ 44, 171); this however, is impossible. Diff. s. vv.; also λίαν was wrongly adduced. Against an orig. Ϝλη- (from *u̯lēi-?) to Lat. vel-le, wollen etc. s. WP. l.c., where also other, decidedly wrong interpretations are rejected (also in Bq). Further lit. in Schwyzer 676 w. n. 2. One might start from *lē-i̯ō, Bechtel, Gr. Dial. 2, 192. - Cf. λωΐων.

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