λαίγματα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- λάγματα (lágmata)
Etymology
According to Beekes, the variation λαι-/λα- points to a Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlɛɡ.ma.ta/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlɛɣ.ma.ta/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈleɣ.ma.ta/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈleɣ.ma.ta/
Noun
λαίγματα • (laígmata)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: πέμματα (pémmata, “pastries”), σπέρματα (spérmata, “seeds”), ἱερά ἀπάργματα (hierá apárgmata, literally “holy firstlings”).
References
- λαίγματα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Hesychius' Lexicon: λ