ἥν τὰ ἐρπετὰ ἐπιλείχουσι

λιχμ-άς· θρῖναξ, καὶ ἁπαλὴ πόα καὶ χαμαιπετής, ἣν τὰ ἑρπετὰ ἐπιλείχουσι, Hsch.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `lick' (IA).

Other forms: aor. λεῖξαι, fut. λείξω,

Compounds: also with περι-, δια-, ἀνα-, ἐκ- a.o.. As 1. member in Λειχ-ήνωρ a. other parodising PN (Batr.).

Derivatives: λειχήν, - ῆνος m. "the licker", `lichen, efflorescence, moss' (A., Hp., Thphr.; on the formation Schwyzer 487, Chantraine Form. 167) with λειχήν-η plantname = μυρτάκανθος (Dsc.), - ώδης, - ικός `lichen-like' resp. `belonging to moss' (medic.), - ιάω `have the λ.' (Thphr.). - ἔκλειγ-μα (: ἐκ-λείχω) `tablette, bonbon', ἐκλεικ-τόν `id.' (medic.). - With diff. ablaut: 1. λιχανός ( δάκτυλος) m. `the lick-, i.e. forefinger' (Hp., pap.), with oppositive accent (Schwyzer 380) λίχανος m. `the string stricken by the forefinger' (Aristox., Arist.); λιχάς, - άδος f. `the distance between the forefinger and the thumb' (Hero, Poll.), after διχάς, πεντάς a. o. (s. Chantraine 358) for expected *λιχανάς. 2. λιχμάομαι, - άω, also with ἀπο-, περι- a. o., `lick' (since Φ 123; λελιχμότες Hes. Th. 826 prob. analogical innovation with Leumann Hom. Wörter 218; hardly for *λελοιχότες to λείχω with Fraenkel Mél. Boisacq 1, 378) with λιχμ-ήμων, - ήρης `licking' (Nic.), λιχμάς θρῖναξ. καὶ ἁπαλη πόα καὶ χαμαιπετής, ἥν τὰ ἐρπετὰ ἐπιλείχουσι H.; lengthened forms λιχμάζω (Hes. Sc. 235, Nic.), - αινω (Opp.) `id.' 3. λίχνος `fond of sweets, greedy, rapacious, sweet' (Att., hell.) with λιχνώδης `id.' (Ael.), λιχνότης `greediness' (sch.); denom.. verb λιχνεύω, - ομαι, also with ἐπι-, περι-, `be greedy, swallow' (D. H., Ph., Plu.) with λίχνευμα `titbit' (Sophr.), λιχνεία `dainty, rapacity' (Pl., X.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [668] *leiǵh- `lick'

Etymology: Beside the thematic rootpresent λείχω, from which all other stemforms derive, there are in the related languages several formations: full grade yotpresent in Lith. liežiù, OCS ližǫ; nasalpresent in Lat. lingō; iterative-formations in Goth. bi-laigon, Lith. laižýti (IE *loiǵh-); several full grade formtions in Arm. liz-um, -em, - anem; zero grade form in OIr. ligim, with expressive gemination in OHG lecchōn ' lecken' etc. An athematic presens with old ablaut is retained in Skt. léh-mi, 1. pl. lih-más (IE *léiǵh-mi, *liǵh-més); that Greek also once had zero grade verbal forms, is shown by the nouns λιχανός (: πιθανός a.o.; Chantraine Form. 197), λίχνος (with remarkable barytonesis, Schwyzer 489) and the denominative λιχμάομαι, which presupposes an μ-stem λιχ-μ- (Schwyzer 725 n. 9). - More forms in WP. 2, 400f., Pok. 668, W.-Hofmann s. lingō, Fraenkel s. liẽžti, Vasmer s. lizátь.

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