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1 ἐλαφρός
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: `light, nimble, quick, small' (Il.).Compounds: As 1. member in ἐλαφρο-τοκία `low rate of interest' (Pergamon IIa).Derivatives: ἐλαφρότης `lightness, speed' (Pl., Plu.); ἐλαφρία `lightness' (NT); Έλάφριος ( μήν) month name (Knidos); denomin. verba: ἐλαφρίζω `enlighten, lessen', intr. `be quick' (Archil., E.); ἐλαφρύνω `enlighten' (late; after βαρύνω; Debrunner IF 21, 84); ἐλαφροῦται H. as explanation of ἀλεγύνεται.Etymology: Identical with an Old-Germanic word, OHG lungar, OS lungor `quick', OE lungre a Adv. `quick' (Fick 1, 537); IE *h₁ln̥guhros. the form is found in Skt. rārahāṇa- *h₁le-h₁ln̥gʷʰ- García-Ramón, Sprache 34. 1988-90, 30. Further s. ἐλαχύς. Here also acc. to Krahe Gymnasium 59, 79, Die Sprache der Illyrier 1, 94 the Illyr. river name Lambros (Upper Italy) = ἐλαφρός.Page in Frisk: 1,484Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἐλαφρός
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2 μέγαρον
μέγαρον ( μέγας): properly large room.— (1) the men's dining-hall, the chief room of the Homeric house. The roof was supported by columns, the light entered through the doors, the smoke escaped by an opening overhead and through loop - holes ( ὀπαῖα) just under the roof. The cut, combined from different ancient representations, is designed to show the back part of the μέγαρον in the house of Odysseus, cf. plate III. for groundplan.— (2) the women's apartment, behind the one just described, see plate III. G. Pl., Od. 19.16.— (3) the housekeeper's apartment in the upper story ( ὑπερώιον), Od. 2.94.— (4) a sleeping-apartment, Od. 11.374.— (5) in wider signif., in pl., house, Il. 1.396.A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > μέγαρον
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