λακίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *lakíds, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂k- (“to tear”). Cognate with Latin lacer and lancinō.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /la.kís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /laˈkis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /laˈcis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /laˈcis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /laˈcis/
Noun
λᾰκῐ́ς • (lăkĭ́s) f (genitive λᾰκῐ́δος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λᾰκῐ́ς hē lăkĭ́s |
τὼ λᾰκῐ́δε tṑ lăkĭ́de |
αἱ λᾰκῐ́δες hai lăkĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λᾰκῐ́δος tês lăkĭ́dos |
τοῖν λᾰκῐ́δοιν toîn lăkĭ́doin |
τῶν λᾰκῐ́δων tôn lăkĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λᾰκῐ́δῐ tēî lăkĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν λᾰκῐ́δοιν toîn lăkĭ́doin |
ταῖς λᾰκῐ́σῐ / λᾰκῐ́σῐν taîs lăkĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λᾰκῐ́δᾰ tḕn lăkĭ́dă |
τὼ λᾰκῐ́δε tṑ lăkĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς λᾰκῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lăkĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λᾰκῐ́ς lăkĭ́s |
λᾰκῐ́δε lăkĭ́de |
λᾰκῐ́δες lăkĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λᾰκῐδόω (lăkĭdóō)
- λᾰκῐ́ζω (lăkĭ́zō)
Further reading
- “λακίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λακίς 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