λάπαθος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- λᾰ́πᾰθον (lápathon)
Etymology
According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix -θος.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lá.pa.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈla.pa.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈla.pa.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈla.pa.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈla.pa.θos/
Noun
λᾰ́πᾰθος • (lápathos) m (genitive λᾰπᾰ́θου); second declension
- pitfall for wild beasts
- Synonym: σιρός (sirós)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ λᾰ́πᾰθος; τοῦ λᾰπᾰ́θου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λᾰ́πᾰθος ho lápathos | τὼ λᾰπᾰ́θω tṑ lapáthō | οἱ λᾰ́πᾰθοι hoi lápathoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λᾰπᾰ́θου toû lapáthou | τοῖν λᾰπᾰ́θοιν toîn lapáthoin | τῶν λᾰπᾰ́θων tôn lapáthōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λᾰπᾰ́θῳ tôi lapáthōi | λᾰπᾰ́θοιν lapáthoin | τοῖς λᾰπᾰ́θοις toîs lapáthois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λᾰ́πᾰθον tòn lápathon | λᾰπᾰ́θω lapáthō | τοὺς λᾰπᾰ́θους toùs lapáthous | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾰ́πᾰθε lápathe | λᾰπᾰ́θω lapáthō | λᾰ́πᾰθοι lápathoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- λάπαθος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λάπαθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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