λαισήϊον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Traditionally derived from λάσιος (lásios, “shaggy, woolly”), because of the fluttering apron of untanned leather hanging from the shield. Furnée compares λαῖτα (laîta, “shield”), λαίδας (laídas, “shield made of a hide”), as well as λῆδος (lêdos, “light summer dress”), although the latter is not very convincing. If the comparison is correct, the word must be Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lai̯.sɛ̌ː.i.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lɛˈse̝.i.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lɛˈsi.i.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /leˈsi.i.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /leˈsi.i.on/
Noun
λαισήϊον • (laisḗïon) n (genitive λαισηΐου); second declension
- kind of light shield made of raw skins
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ λαισήϊον; τοῦ λαισηΐου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ λαισήϊον tò laisḗïon | τὼ λαισηΐω tṑ laisēḯō | τᾰ̀ λαισήϊᾰ tà laisḗïa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λαισηΐου toû laisēḯou | τοῖν λαισηΐοιν toîn laisēḯoin | τῶν λαισηΐων tôn laisēḯōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λαισηΐῳ tôi laisēḯōi | τοῖν λαισηΐοιν toîn laisēḯoin | τοῖς λαισηΐοις toîs laisēḯois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ λαισήϊον tò laisḗïon | τὼ λαισηΐω tṑ laisēḯō | τᾰ̀ λαισήϊᾰ tà laisḗïa | ||||||||||
Vocative | λαισήϊον laisḗïon | λαισηΐω laisēḯō | λαισήϊᾰ laisḗïa | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “λαισήϊον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λαισήϊον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λαισήϊον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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