Λοκρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Λοκρός (Lokrós, “Locrian”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Λοκρῐ́ς • (Lokrĭ́s) f (genitive Λοκρῐ́δος); third declension

  1. Locris (an ancient region of Greece, the homeland of the Locrians, made up of three distinct districts)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Λοκρῐ́ς; τῆς Λοκρῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Λοκρῐ́ς
hē Lokrĭ́s
Genitive τῆς Λοκρῐ́δος
tês Lokrĭ́dos
Dative τῇ Λοκρῐ́δῐ
tēî Lokrĭ́dĭ
Accusative τὴν Λοκρῐ́δᾰ
tḕn Lokrĭ́dă
Vocative Λοκρῐ́ς
Lokrĭ́s
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • Greek: Λοκρίς (Lokrís); Λοκρίδα (Lokrída)
  • Latin: Locris

References

  • “Λοκρίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
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