λάμβδα
λάμβδα
Λ, λ, λάμβδα λάβδα, τό, indecl., eleventh letter of the Gr. Alphabet: as a numeral λ 30, but λ 30, 000.
Attic λ is sometimes represented by π, as κλίβανος κρίβανος, γλώσσαλγος γλώσσαργος, ναύκραρος ναύκληρος, ἀλκ-ή ἀρκ-εῖν: so, ὁλᾷς Θέωλος κόλαξ were lisping pronunc. for ὁρᾷς Θέωρος κόραξ, Ar.
Doric λ becomes ν, as, ἦνθον φίντατος for ἦλθον φίλτατος; whereas Attic λ sometimes replaces ν, as, λίτρον πλεύμων for νίτρον πνεύμων.
initial λ is dropt, as εἴβω for λείβω, αἰψηρὸς ἀφύσσω ἄχνη for λαιψηρὸς λαφύσσω λάχνη.
Epic Poets double λ, metri grat., esp. after the augment, as, ἔλλαβε ἐλλιτάνευε; and in compds., as in τρίλλιστος:—and Homer omits λ, where two come together, metri grat., as Ἀχιλεύς.
δ sometimes becomes λ, cf. δέλτα, II. 5.
γ and λ are interchanged in μόγις μόλις.
ν before λ becomes λ, as in συλλαμβάνω ἐλλείπω.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
λάμβδα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
λαμβδα
Intro Text:
λάμβδα
Λ, λ, λάμβδα λάβδα, τό, indecl., eleventh letter of the Gr. Alphabet: as a numeral λ 30, but λ 30, 000.
Attic λ is sometimes represented by π, as κλίβανος κρίβανος, γλώσσαλγος γλώσσαργος, ναύκραρος ναύκληρος, ἀλκ-ή ἀρκ-εῖν: so, ὁλᾷς Θέωλος κόλαξ were lisping pronunc. for ὁρᾷς Θέωρος κόραξ, Ar.
Doric λ becomes ν, as, ἦνθον φίντατος for ἦλθον φίλτατος; whereas Attic λ sometimes replaces ν, as, λίτρον πλεύμων for νίτρον πνεύμων.
initial λ is dropt, as εἴβω for λείβω, αἰψηρὸς ἀφύσσω ἄχνη for λαιψηρὸς λαφύσσω λάχνη.
Epic Poets double λ, metri grat., esp. after the augment, as, ἔλλαβε ἐλλιτάνευε; and in compds., as in τρίλλιστος:—and Homer omits λ, where two come together, metri grat., as Ἀχιλεύς.
δ sometimes becomes λ, cf. δέλτα, II. 5.
γ and λ are interchanged in μόγις μόλις.
ν before λ becomes λ, as in συλλαμβάνω ἐλλείπω.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n19269
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