λάϊνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λᾶας (lâas, “stone, rock”) + -ινος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lǎː.i.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈla.i.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈla.i.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈla.i.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈla.i.nos/
Adjective
λᾱ́ϊνος • (lā́ïnos) m (feminine λᾱΐνη, neuter λᾱ́ϊνον); first/second declension
- made of stone, rocky
- Synonym: πέτρινος (pétrinos)
- stonehearted
Inflection
First and second declension of λᾱ́ϊνος; λᾱΐνη; λᾱ́ϊνον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | λᾱ́ϊνος lā́ïnos | λᾱΐνη lāḯnē | λᾱ́ϊνον lā́ïnon | λᾱΐνω lāḯnō | λᾱΐνᾱ lāḯnā | λᾱΐνω lāḯnō | λᾱ́ϊνοι lā́ïnoi | λᾱ́ϊναι lā́ïnai | λᾱ́ϊνᾰ lā́ïna | |||||
Genitive | λᾱΐνου lāḯnou | λᾱΐνης lāḯnēs | λᾱΐνου lāḯnou | λᾱΐνοιν lāḯnoin | λᾱΐναιν lāḯnain | λᾱΐνοιν lāḯnoin | λᾱΐνων lāḯnōn | λᾱΐνων lāḯnōn | λᾱΐνων lāḯnōn | |||||
Dative | λᾱΐνῳ lāḯnōi | λᾱΐνῃ lāḯnēi | λᾱΐνῳ lāḯnōi | λᾱΐνοιν lāḯnoin | λᾱΐναιν lāḯnain | λᾱΐνοιν lāḯnoin | λᾱΐνοις lāḯnois | λᾱΐναις lāḯnais | λᾱΐνοις lāḯnois | |||||
Accusative | λᾱ́ϊνον lā́ïnon | λᾱΐνην lāḯnēn | λᾱ́ϊνον lā́ïnon | λᾱΐνω lāḯnō | λᾱΐνᾱ lāḯnā | λᾱΐνω lāḯnō | λᾱΐνους lāḯnous | λᾱΐνᾱς lāḯnās | λᾱ́ϊνᾰ lā́ïna | |||||
Vocative | λᾱ́ϊνε lā́ïne | λᾱΐνη lāḯnē | λᾱ́ϊνον lā́ïnon | λᾱΐνω lāḯnō | λᾱΐνᾱ lāḯnā | λᾱΐνω lāḯnō | λᾱ́ϊνοι lā́ïnoi | λᾱ́ϊναι lā́ïnai | λᾱ́ϊνᾰ lā́ïna | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
λᾱΐνως lāḯnōs | λᾱϊνότερος lāïnóteros | λᾱϊνότᾰτος lāïnótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- λάϊνος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λάϊνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette