λαπάρα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- λαπάρη (lapárē) – Epic, Ionic
Etymology
Perhaps from λαπαρός (laparós, “slack; hollow”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /la.pá.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /laˈpa.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /laˈpa.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /laˈpa.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /laˈpa.ra/
Noun
λᾰπάρᾱ • (lapárā) f (genitive λᾰπάρᾱς); first declension
- flank (flesh between the last rib and the hip)
- Synonyms: κενεών (keneṓn), λαγών (lagṓn)
Declension
First declension of ἡ λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ; τῆς λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ hē lapárā | τὼ λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ lapárā | αἱ λᾰπᾰ́ραι hai lapárai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱς tês lapárās | τοῖν λᾰπᾰ́ραιν toîn lapárain | τῶν λᾰπᾰρῶν tôn laparôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λᾰπᾰ́ρᾳ têi lapárāi | τοῖν λᾰπᾰ́ραιν toîn lapárain | ταῖς λᾰπᾰ́ραις taîs lapárais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱν tḕn lapárān | τὼ λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ lapárā | τᾱ̀ς λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱς tā̀s lapárās | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ lapárā | λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ lapárā | λᾰπᾰ́ραι lapárai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- →⇒ English: laparo-
Further reading
- λαπάρα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λαπάρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λαπάρη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- λαπάρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press