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λάσιος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (for which compare Proto-Germanic *walþuz (forest)) or *h₂welh₁- (wool).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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λάσῐος (lásiosm (feminine λᾰσίᾱ, neuter λάσῐον); first/second declension

  1. shaggy, woolly
  2. hairy
  3. bushy, overgrown

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Translingual: Lasius

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λάσιος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 836

Further reading

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