λαιψηρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The analysis as an expressive transformation of αἰψερός (aipserós, “quick, speedy”) after λάβρος (lábros, “violent, boisterous”) may be possible, but it is not evident.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lai̯p.sɛː.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lɛp.se̝ˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lɛp.siˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lep.siˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lep.siˈros/
Adjective
λαιψηρός • (laipsērós) m (feminine λαιψηρᾱ́, neuter λαιψηρόν); first/second declension
- light, nimble, swift
- Synonyms: εὐκῐ́νητος (eukínētos), ὀτρηρός (otrērós)
Inflection
First and second declension of λαιψηρός; λαιψηρᾱ́; λαιψηρόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | λαιψηρός laipsērós | λαιψηρᾱ́ laipsērā́ | λαιψηρόν laipsērón | λαιψηρώ laipsērṓ | λαιψηρᾱ́ laipsērā́ | λαιψηρώ laipsērṓ | λαιψηροί laipsēroí | λαιψηραί laipsēraí | λαιψηρᾰ́ laipsērá | |||||
Genitive | λαιψηροῦ laipsēroû | λαιψηρᾶς laipsērâs | λαιψηροῦ laipsēroû | λαιψηροῖν laipsēroîn | λαιψηραῖν laipsēraîn | λαιψηροῖν laipsēroîn | λαιψηρῶν laipsērôn | λαιψηρῶν laipsērôn | λαιψηρῶν laipsērôn | |||||
Dative | λαιψηρῷ laipsērôi | λαιψηρᾷ laipsērâi | λαιψηρῷ laipsērôi | λαιψηροῖν laipsēroîn | λαιψηραῖν laipsēraîn | λαιψηροῖν laipsēroîn | λαιψηροῖς laipsēroîs | λαιψηραῖς laipsēraîs | λαιψηροῖς laipsēroîs | |||||
Accusative | λαιψηρόν laipsērón | λαιψηρᾱ́ν laipsērā́n | λαιψηρόν laipsērón | λαιψηρώ laipsērṓ | λαιψηρᾱ́ laipsērā́ | λαιψηρώ laipsērṓ | λαιψηρούς laipsēroús | λαιψηρᾱ́ς laipsērā́s | λαιψηρᾰ́ laipsērá | |||||
Vocative | λαιψηρέ laipsēré | λαιψηρᾱ́ laipsērā́ | λαιψηρόν laipsērón | λαιψηρώ laipsērṓ | λαιψηρᾱ́ laipsērā́ | λαιψηρώ laipsērṓ | λαιψηροί laipsēroí | λαιψηραί laipsēraí | λαιψηρᾰ́ laipsērá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
λαιψηρῶς laipsērôs | λαιψηρότερος laipsēróteros | λαιψηρότᾰτος laipsērótatos | ||||||||||||
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First and second declension of λαιψηρός; λαιψηρή; λαιψηρόν (Epic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | λαιψηρός laipsērós | λαιψηρή laipsērḗ | λαιψηρόν laipsērón | λαιψηρώ laipsērṓ | λαιψηρᾱ́ laipsērā́ | λαιψηρώ laipsērṓ | λαιψηροί laipsēroí | λαιψηραί laipsēraí | λαιψηρᾰ́ laipsērá | |||||
Genitive | λαιψηροῦ / λαιψηροῖο / λαιψηρόο laipsēroû / laipsēroîo / laipsēróo | λαιψηρῆς laipsērês | λαιψηροῦ / λαιψηροῖο / λαιψηρόο laipsēroû / laipsēroîo / laipsēróo | λαιψηροῖῐν laipsēroîin | λαιψηραῖν / λαιψηραῖῐν / λαιψηρῇῐν laipsēraî(i)n / laipsērêiin | λαιψηροῖῐν laipsēroîin | λαιψηρῶν laipsērôn | λαιψηρᾱ́ων / λαιψηρέ͜ων / λαιψηρῶν laipsērā́ōn / laipsēré͜ōn / laipsērôn | λαιψηρῶν laipsērôn | |||||
Dative | λαιψηρῷ laipsērôi | λαιψηρῇ laipsērêi | λαιψηρῷ laipsērôi | λαιψηροῖῐν laipsēroîin | λαιψηραῖν / λαιψηραῖῐν / λαιψηρῇῐν laipsēraî(i)n / laipsērêiin | λαιψηροῖῐν laipsēroîin | λαιψηροῖσῐ / λαιψηροῖσῐν / λαιψηροῖς laipsēroîsi(n) / laipsēroîs | λαιψηρῇσῐ / λαιψηρῇσῐν / λαιψηρῇς / λαιψηραῖς laipsērêisi(n) / laipsērêis / laipsēraîs | λαιψηροῖσῐ / λαιψηροῖσῐν / λαιψηροῖς laipsēroîsi(n) / laipsēroîs | |||||
Accusative | λαιψηρόν laipsērón | λαιψηρήν laipsērḗn | λαιψηρόν laipsērón | λαιψηρώ laipsērṓ | λαιψηρᾱ́ laipsērā́ | λαιψηρώ laipsērṓ | λαιψηρούς laipsēroús | λαιψηρᾱ́ς laipsērā́s | λαιψηρᾰ́ laipsērá | |||||
Vocative | λαιψηρέ laipsēré | λαιψηρή laipsērḗ | λαιψηρόν laipsērón | λαιψηρώ laipsērṓ | λαιψηρᾱ́ laipsērā́ | λαιψηρώ laipsērṓ | λαιψηροί laipsēroí | λαιψηραί laipsēraí | λαιψηρᾰ́ laipsērá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
λαιψηρῶς laipsērôs | λαιψηρότερος laipsēróteros | λαιψηρότᾰτος laipsērótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λαιψηροδρόμος (laipsērodrómos)
Further reading
- “λαιψηρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λαιψηρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λαιψηρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λαιψηρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- active idem, page 10.
- agile idem, page 19.
- fast idem, page 308.
- fleet idem, page 327.
- hasty idem, page 387.
- headlong idem, page 391.
- light idem, page 490.
- nimble idem, page 558.
- quick idem, page 665.
- swift idem, page 848.
- 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