προσ-λάκκ-ιον

λάκκος 1

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `pond, cistern, pit, reservoir' (IA.).

Compounds: As 1. member e. g. in λακκό-πλουτος m. `who hides his wealth in a cistern', surn. of Callias etc. (Plu.); as 2. member in the hypostasis προ-λάκκ-ιον (Arist.), προσ-λάκκ-ιον (Gal.) `pre-, side-cistern'; vgl. προ-άστ-ιον.

Derivatives: λακκ-αῖος `stemming from a λ.' (hell.), - ώδης `full of λ'. (Gp.), - άριος `guard of a λ.' (Gloss.), - ίζω `dig a λ.' (Suid.). Λακκίον name of the small harbour in Syracuse (D. S.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [653] * loku- `lake, pond'.

Etymology: Opposed to the o-stem λάκκος there are several western and northern languages with an u-stem: Lat. lacus `lake, pond, pit etc.', Celt., e. g. OIr. loch `lake, pond', Germ., e. g. OS lagu `lake, water', Slav., e. g. OCS loky ' λάκκος'; so λάκκος stands for *λάκϜ-ος (on the phonetics Schwyzer 317 a. 472). Details in WP. 2, 380f., Pok. 653, W.-Hofmann s. lacus, Vasmer Wb. 2,55. A trace of the u-stem in Greece Grošelj Razprave 2, 44 supposes in λάκυρος στεμφυλίας οἶνος H. (?). On the stemvowel (not convincing) Kuhn KZ 71, 150. - On NGr. forms λάκκος, λάκκα `cleft' ( λάκ\<κ\> ας φάραγγας H.), λαγκάδι (\< λακκάδιον) `id.' Georgacas ByzZ 41, 367, Kretschmer Glotta 12, 202. Perh. from IE * loku-, Schrijver, Larr. Latin 422ff, 475.

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