λαθραῖος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to escape notice”) + -αῖος (-aîos, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /la.tʰrâi̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /laˈtʰrɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /laˈθrɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /laˈθre.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /laˈθre.os/
Adjective
λᾰθραῖος • (lăthraîos) m (feminine λᾰθραίᾱ, neuter λᾰθραῖον); first/second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | λᾰθραῖος lăthraîos |
λᾰθραίᾱ lăthraíā |
λᾰθραῖον lăthraîon |
λᾰθραίω lăthraíō |
λᾰθραίᾱ lăthraíā |
λᾰθραίω lăthraíō |
λᾰθραῖοι lăthraîoi |
λᾰθραῖαι lăthraîai |
λᾰθραῖᾰ lăthraîă | |||||
| Genitive | λᾰθραίου lăthraíou |
λᾰθραίᾱς lăthraíās |
λᾰθραίου lăthraíou |
λᾰθραίοιν lăthraíoin |
λᾰθραίαιν lăthraíain |
λᾰθραίοιν lăthraíoin |
λᾰθραίων lăthraíōn |
λᾰθραίων lăthraíōn |
λᾰθραίων lăthraíōn | |||||
| Dative | λᾰθραίῳ lăthraíōi |
λᾰθραίᾳ lăthraíāi |
λᾰθραίῳ lăthraíōi |
λᾰθραίοιν lăthraíoin |
λᾰθραίαιν lăthraíain |
λᾰθραίοιν lăthraíoin |
λᾰθραίοις lăthraíois |
λᾰθραίαις lăthraíais |
λᾰθραίοις lăthraíois | |||||
| Accusative | λᾰθραῖον lăthraîon |
λᾰθραίᾱν lăthraíān |
λᾰθραῖον lăthraîon |
λᾰθραίω lăthraíō |
λᾰθραίᾱ lăthraíā |
λᾰθραίω lăthraíō |
λᾰθραίους lăthraíous |
λᾰθραίᾱς lăthraíās |
λᾰθραῖᾰ lăthraîă | |||||
| Vocative | λᾰθραῖε lăthraîe |
λᾰθραίᾱ lăthraíā |
λᾰθραῖον lăthraîon |
λᾰθραίω lăthraíō |
λᾰθραίᾱ lăthraíā |
λᾰθραίω lăthraíō |
λᾰθραῖοι lăthraîoi |
λᾰθραῖαι lăthraîai |
λᾰθραῖᾰ lăthraîă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| λᾰθραίως lăthraíōs |
λᾰθραιότερος lăthraióteros |
λᾰθραιότᾰτος lăthraiótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λᾰθραιόκοιτος (lăthraiókoitos)
- λᾰθραιοπρᾱγέω (lăthraioprāgéō)
- νυκτιλαθραιοφάγος (nuktilathraiophágos)
Further reading
- “λαθραῖς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λαθραῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λαθραῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette