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[294] Λειώκριτον. The names written in our texts “Λειώκριτος” (or “Λειόκριτος”) and “Λειώδης” are probably derived from an Old Ionic form “ληός” (for “λα_ός”). They must have been originally written “Ληόκριτος” and “Ληοϝάδης” (cp. “Εὐρυάδης”). The form “ληός” was preserved in Ionic; Hipponax (88) “ληὸν ἀθρήσας” is quoted by the grammarians.

Similarly the stem of θέρσος (the later “θάρσος”) is preserved in the proper names “Θερσίτης, Ἁλιθέρσης”, and “Πολυθερσείδης” (l. 287). It is incorrect to regard these forms as Aeolic. Similar forms are common in proper names of all the dialects.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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