Λάρισα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

There were many Greek cities with this name, the most well-known being the one situated in Thessaly or Pelasgiotis. This lead some to suppose the name was of Pelasgic origin. However, the frequency of the name throughout the Greek world rather argues for a Greek origin. It might be found in the adjective λαρός (larós, “sweet, delicious, pleasing”). The city might have been named for the pleasantness or fertility of its surroundings. Compare the closeby Πιερία (Piería), possibly derivated from *peyH- (“fat”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ • (Lā́rīsă) f (genitive Λᾱρῑ́σης); first declension

  1. Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ; τῆς Λᾱρῑ́σης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ
hē Lā́rīsă
Genitive τῆς Λᾱρῑ́σης
tês Lārī́sēs
Dative τῇ Λᾱρῑ́σῃ
tēî Lārī́sēi
Accusative τὴν Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰν
tḕn Lā́rīsăn
Vocative Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ
Lā́rīsă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Λᾱρῑσαῖος (Lārīsaîos)

Descendants

  • Greek: Λάρισα (Lárisa)
  • Latin: Lārissa

References

  • “Λάρισα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Λάρισα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Λάρισα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λάρισα (Lárisa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlarisa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Λά‧ρι‧σα

Proper noun

Λάρισα • (Lárisa) f

  1. Larissa (a city in Greece)

Declension

Declension of Λάρισα
singular
nominative Λάρισα (Lárisa)
genitive Λάρισας (Lárisas)
accusative Λάρισα (Lárisa)
vocative Λάρισα (Lárisa)

Less common genitive: Λαρίσης

Derived terms

  • Λαρισαία f (Larisaía, “female from Larissa”)
  • λαρισαϊκός (larisaïkós, adjective)
  • Λαρισαίος m (Larisaíos, “male from Larissa”)
  • Λαρισινή f (Larisiní, “female from Larissa”)
  • Λαρισινός m (Larisinós, “male from Larissa”)
  • λαρισινός (larisinós, adjective)

Further reading

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