λωγάνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g- (weak, faint), the same root of λαγαίω (lagaíō, to release) and λαγαρός (lagarós, slack, loose), thus "skin hanging down". Intermediate forms, such as *λώγανον (*lṓganon), *λώγη (*lṓgē), cannot be determined, however.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λωγᾰ́νῐον • (lōgắnĭonn (genitive λωγᾰνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. dewlap of oxen
    Synonym: γᾰγγῑ́λη (găngī́lē)

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λωγάνιον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 883

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