ἐρευθ-αλέος

ἐρευθ-ᾰλέος, η, ον, ([etym.] ἔρευθος)

A ruddy, Nonn.D.12.329, 359.

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `wretched, unhappy, sore, baneful etc.' (Il.). -

Derivatives: λυγρός `id.' (Il.). Parallel to λευγ-αλέος: λυγ-ρός are ἐρευθ-αλέος (late): ἐρυθ-ρός; λευγαλέος is isolated and archaic; from a noun ? (*λεῦγος like ἔρευθος?; cf. ἀργ-αλέος: ἄλγος, θαρσ-αλέος: θάρσος a. o., Schwyzer 484; or from an old l-stem?); λυγρός is also isolated (perh. from a primary verb, s. below).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [686] *leuǵ- `break'

Etymology: The Greek adj. have in the other languages no directe agreement but several cognate forms, of which Lat. lūgeō `be sad' is semantically closest; it can be understood as an iterative-intensive secondary formation or as a denomin. (: * lūgus \< IE * lougo-s m. beside *λεῦγος \< IE * leugos- n.; also in lūgubris ?). -Behind the psychic representations of sadness and unhappiness in lūgeō, λευγαλέος, λυγρός there were no doubt terms for the outward expressions of these feelings (cf. Ernout-Meillet s. lūgeō); thus one finds connection with some primary verbs for `breach a. o.': Skt. rujáti `break, torment', Lith. lū́ž-ti `break' (intr.; širdìs lúžta `the heart breaks'), OHG liohhan `tear, draw' (but Arm. lucanem `make loose' rather with Meillet BSL 26. 4 to λύω, s. d.). - Further forms (for Greek unimportant) in WP. 2, 412f., Pok. 686, W.-Hofmann s. lūgeō, Fraenkel Wb. s. láužti. - On ἀλυκτοπέδη s. v.

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