λαθραῖος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to escape notice”) + -αῖος (-aîos, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /la.tʰrâi̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /laˈtʰrɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /laˈθrɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /laˈθre.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /laˈθre.os/
Adjective
λᾰθραῖος • (lathraîos) m (feminine λᾰθραίᾱ, neuter λᾰθραῖον); first/second declension
- secret, clandestine
Declension
First and second declension of λᾰθραῖος; λᾰθραίᾱ; λᾰθραῖον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | λᾰθραῖος lathraîos | λᾰθραίᾱ lathraíā | λᾰθραῖον lathraîon | λᾰθραίω lathraíō | λᾰθραίᾱ lathraíā | λᾰθραίω lathraíō | λᾰθραῖοι lathraîoi | λᾰθραῖαι lathraîai | λᾰθραῖᾰ lathraîa | |||||
Genitive | λᾰθραίου lathraíou | λᾰθραίᾱς lathraíās | λᾰθραίου lathraíou | λᾰθραίοιν lathraíoin | λᾰθραίαιν lathraíain | λᾰθραίοιν lathraíoin | λᾰθραίων lathraíōn | λᾰθραίων lathraíōn | λᾰθραίων lathraíōn | |||||
Dative | λᾰθραίῳ lathraíōi | λᾰθραίᾳ lathraíāi | λᾰθραίῳ lathraíōi | λᾰθραίοιν lathraíoin | λᾰθραίαιν lathraíain | λᾰθραίοιν lathraíoin | λᾰθραίοις lathraíois | λᾰθραίαις lathraíais | λᾰθραίοις lathraíois | |||||
Accusative | λᾰθραῖον lathraîon | λᾰθραίᾱν lathraíān | λᾰθραῖον lathraîon | λᾰθραίω lathraíō | λᾰθραίᾱ lathraíā | λᾰθραίω lathraíō | λᾰθραίους lathraíous | λᾰθραίᾱς lathraíās | λᾰθραῖᾰ lathraîa | |||||
Vocative | λᾰθραῖε lathraîe | λᾰθραίᾱ lathraíā | λᾰθραῖον lathraîon | λᾰθραίω lathraíō | λᾰθραίᾱ lathraíā | λᾰθραίω lathraíō | λᾰθραῖοι lathraîoi | λᾰθραῖαι lathraîai | λᾰθραῖᾰ lathraîa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
λᾰθραίως lathraíōs | λᾰθραιότερος lathraióteros | λᾰθραιότᾰτος lathraiótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λᾰθραιόκοιτος (lathraiókoitos)
- λᾰθραιοπρᾱγέω (lathraioprāgéō)
Further reading
- λαθραῖς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λαθραῖος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λαθραῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette