λαῖλαψ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- λᾱ́λᾰβῐς (lā́lăbĭs)
- λαῖλᾰμψ (laîlămps)
- λαίλᾰπᾰς (laílăpăs) — Byzantine
Etymology
Probably from Pre-Greek, with intensive reduplication.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lâi̯.laps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.laps/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.laps/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈle.laps/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈle.laps/
Noun
λαῖλᾰψ • (laîlăps) f (genitive λαίλᾰπος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λαῖλᾰψ hē laîlăps |
τὼ λαίλᾰπε tṑ laílăpe |
αἱ λαίλᾰπες hai laílăpes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λαίλᾰπος tês laílăpos |
τοῖν λαιλᾰ́ποιν toîn lailắpoin |
τῶν λαιλᾰ́πων tôn lailắpōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λαίλᾰπῐ tēî laílăpĭ |
τοῖν λαιλᾰ́ποιν toîn lailắpoin |
ταῖς λαίλᾰψῐ / λαίλᾰψῐν taîs laílăpsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λαίλᾰπᾰ tḕn laílăpă |
τὼ λαίλᾰπε tṑ laílăpe |
τᾱ̀ς λαίλᾰπᾰς tā̀s laílăpăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λαῖλᾰψ laîlăps |
λαίλᾰπε laílăpe |
λαίλᾰπες laílăpes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λαιλᾰπετός (lailăpetós)
- λαιλᾰπῐ́ζω (lailăpĭ́zō)
- λαιλᾰπώδης (lailăpṓdēs)
- λαιλᾰφέτης (lailăphétēs)
- χρημᾰτολαῖλᾰψ (khrēmătolaîlăps)
Descendants
- Greek: λαίλαπα (laílapa)
- → Translingual: Laelaps
Further reading
- “λαῖλαψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λαῖλαψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λαῖλαψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λαῖλαψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “λαῖλαψ”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- 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