(s)lā̆ gʷ-

    (s)lā̆ gʷ-

    English meaning: to grab

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “fassen, ergreifen”

    Material: Gk. (ep. Ion.) λάζομαι (present and Impf.) “take, catch, ergreife (*λαγ(ʷ)ι̯ω); after αἴνυμαι is Ion. Att. λάζυμαι, böot. λαδδουσθη reshaped; Aor. ἔλλαβε (Hom.), ἔλαβον, aegin. λhαβών, Att. inschr. Λhαβετος or -ητος, perf. Att. εἴληφα (*σεσλᾱφα), Fut. λήψομαι, Ion. λάψομαι, present Ion. Att. λαμβάνω (to λαβεῖν neologism); λάβρος “violent, boisterous; voracious, greedy “, λάβρᾱξ m. “Meerwolf” (fish), Hom. λαβρεύομαι “babble cheeky, vorlaut”, λαβρ-αγόρης “ cheeky redend”, λαβροῦσθαι ‘sich whereupon fall”; O.E. læccan “catch, gripe “ (= λάζομαι from *slagʷi̯ ō), Eng. latch.

    References: WP. II 707, Schwyzer Gk. 1, 649, 698, 699.