λαρός

λαρός

See also: λάρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly related to ἀπολαύω (apolaúō, “to enjoy”).[1] Pokorny draws it from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“benefit, gain”), itself the source of ἀπολαύω (apolaúō).[2]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laː.rós/ → /laˈros/ → /laˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /laː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈros/

Adjective

λᾱρός • (lārós) m or f (neuter λᾱρον); second declension

1. (poetic) sweet, delicious, pleasing

Inflection

Second declension of λᾱρός; λᾱρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λᾱρός lārós	λᾱρόν lārón		λᾱρώ lārṓ	λᾱρώ lārṓ		λᾱροί lāroí	λᾱρᾰ́ lārá
Genitive		λᾱροῦ lāroû	λᾱροῦ lāroû		λᾱροῖν lāroîn	λᾱροῖν lāroîn		λᾱρῶν lārôn	λᾱρῶν lārôn
Dative		λᾱρῷ lārôi	λᾱρῷ lārôi		λᾱροῖν lāroîn	λᾱροῖν lāroîn		λᾱροῖς lāroîs	λᾱροῖς lāroîs
Accusative		λᾱρόν lārón	λᾱρόν lārón		λᾱρώ lārṓ	λᾱρώ lārṓ		λᾱρούς lāroús	λᾱρᾰ́ lārá
Vocative		λᾱρέ lāré	λᾱρόν lārón		λᾱρώ lārṓ	λᾱρώ lārṓ		λᾱροί lāroí	λᾱρᾰ́ lārá
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		λᾱρῶς lārôs			λᾱρότερος lāróteros			λᾱρότᾰτος lārótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• λαρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λαρός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λαρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 835
2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 665