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1 λοῖσθος 1
λοῖσθος 1.Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: `the last' (Ψ 536).Derivatives: λοίσθιος (Pi., trag., Theoc., A. R.), (τὸ) λοίσθιον adv. `at last'. λοισθήϊος `regarding the last', (τὰ) λοισθήϊα `the last price' (Ψ 785, 751; as ἀριστήϊον, -ϊα; cf. Risch 46); λοίσθημα τέλος, πέρας H. (on the nominal deriv. Chantraine Form. 178). Unclear λοίσθωνας τοὺς ἀκρατεῖς περὶ τὰ ἀφροδίσια H. and λοισθώνη ἡ θρασεῖα Suid. - Details in Seiler Steigerungsformen 121; on λοῖσθος: - ιος also Chantraine 37.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: No etymology. Al suggested explanations are unconvincing: from *λοιhισ-θϜ-ος "the weakest in the course" to θέω and Germ. * laisiz `less' in NEngl. less a. o. (Osthoff MU 6, 314ff.); from *λοιhισ-τος (WP. 2, 388; rejected by Schwyzer 537 n. 7); to Lith. léidžiu, léisti `let', Lat. lūdus `game' etc. (Danielsson Altital. Stud. 4, 171ff.; Person Beitr. 2, 711 n. 1 a. 962, Brugmann IF 18, 433ff.; in details diff.); from *λοhισ-τος to Goth. las-iws `weak, powerless' etc. (Solmsen IF 13, 140ff.). Diff. again Scheftelowitz KZ 56, 179: from * sloidh-to- to OCS po-slědьńь ' ἔσχατος, utmost, last' (from slědъ `trace'), Lith. slýsti, slýdau `glide', ὀλισθάνω etc.; IE *( s)leidh-'slippery, glide' (WP. 2, 707f., Pok. 970f.).Page in Frisk: 2,135Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > λοῖσθος 1
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