Ὑλάων

Ὑλά̱ων, Ὕλη

fem gen pl (epic aeolic)

Ὑλά̱ων, Ὕλη

fem gen pl (epic aeolic)

ὑ̱λά̱ων, ὕλη

forest: fem gen pl (epic aeolic)

ὑ̱λά̱ων, ὕλη

forest: fem gen pl (epic aeolic)

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: Meaning unclear, cf. λάε ἐψόφησεν, οἱ δε ἐφθέγγετο, λαήμενάι and λαίειν φθέγγεσθαι, but λάετε σκοπεῖτε, βλέπετε H.

Other forms: only ptc. λάων (τ 229 κύων, h. Merc. 360 αἰετός), ipf. λάε (τ 230 κύων),

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: The old interpreters of τ 229 f. hesitated a. o. between `see' and `bark' ( βλέπων resp. ὑλάων), in modern times Lobeck proposed `grasp' and two diff. verbs: 1. `seize' (τ 229 f., completely isolated), 2. `see' (h. Merc. 360), the last of which was also seen in ἀλαός (s. v.) and in Skt. lasati (ep. class.) `glow' (Bechtel, s. Lex. s. ἀλαός, Fick 1, 120). - Notable proposal by Leumann Hom. Wörter 233 ff.: ὀξὺ λάων (h. Merc.) `crying loudly' innovation after ὀξὺ λεληκώς ( κίρκος X 141; in λε-λη-κώς wrongly split; s. λάσκω), then as `sharp seeing' interpreted, partly connected with a barking dog.

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