λαῖφα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Given the presence of variants, like λαίβα (laíba) and λαῖτα (laîta), the word is probably Pre-Greek. Furnée compares λαῖφος (laîphos, “sail, old garment”), but he gives no further explanation; one may imagine that the sails were made of skin, like the shield.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

λαῖφα • (laîpha)

  1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”).

Further reading
  • 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
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