λαῦρος

λαῦρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Frequent misreading of λάβρος (lábros, “furious, boisterous”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lâu̯.ros/ → /ˈla.βros/ → /ˈla.vros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lâu̯.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlaw.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.βros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.vros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.vros/

Adjective

λαῦρος • (laûros) m, f (neuter λαῦρον); second declension

1. Alternative form of λάβρος (lábros)

Declension

Second declension of λαῦρος; λαῦρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λαῦρος laûros	λαῦρον laûron		λαύρω laúrō	λαύρω laúrō		λαῦροι laûroi	λαῦρᾰ laûra
Genitive		λαύρου laúrou	λαύρου laúrou		λαύροιν laúroin	λαύροιν laúroin		λαύρων laúrōn	λαύρων laúrōn
Dative		λαύρῳ laúrōi	λαύρῳ laúrōi		λαύροιν laúroin	λαύροιν laúroin		λαύροις laúrois	λαύροις laúrois
Accusative		λαῦρον laûron	λαῦρον laûron		λαύρω laúrō	λαύρω laúrō		λαύρους laúrous	λαῦρᾰ laûra
Vocative		λαῦρε laûre	λαῦρον laûron		λαύρω laúrō	λαύρω laúrō		λαῦροι laûroi	λαῦρᾰ laûra
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		λαύρως laúrōs			λαυρότερος lauróteros			λαυρότᾰτος laurótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• λαῦρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λαῦρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λαῦρος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften