λάβρυς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Lydian 𐤩𐤠𐤡𐤭𐤧𐤳 (lapryš) and possibly related to λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos, “labyrinth”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lá.brys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈla.brys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈla.βrys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈla.vrys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈla.vris/
Noun
λάβρῠς • (lábrŭs) f (genitive λάβρῠος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λᾰ́βρῠς hē lắbrŭs |
τὼ λᾰ́βρῠε tṑ lắbrŭe |
αἱ λᾰ́βρῠες hai lắbrŭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λᾰ́βρῠος tês lắbrŭos |
τοῖν λᾰβρῠ́οιν toîn lăbrŭ́oin |
τῶν λᾰβρῠ́ων tôn lăbrŭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λᾰ́βρῠῐ̈ / λᾰ́βρυι tēî lắbrŭĭ̈ / lắbrui |
τοῖν λᾰβρῠ́οιν toîn lăbrŭ́oin |
ταῖς λᾰ́βρῠσῐ / λᾰ́βρῠσῐν taîs lắbrŭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λᾰ́βρῠν tḕn lắbrŭn |
τὼ λᾰ́βρῠε tṑ lắbrŭe |
τᾱ̀ς λᾰ́βρῡς / λᾰ́βρῠᾰς tā̀s lắbrūs / lắbrŭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λᾰ́βρῠ lắbrŭ |
λᾰ́βρῠε lắbrŭe |
λᾰ́βρῠες lắbrŭes | ||||||||||
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References
- “λάβρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λάβρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN