λαμπάς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From λᾰ́μπω (lắmpō, “shine”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lam.pás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lamˈpas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lamˈpas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lamˈpas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lamˈbas/
Noun
λᾰμπᾰ́ς • (lămpắs) f (genitive λᾰμπᾰ́δος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λᾰμπᾰ́ς hē lămpắs |
τὼ λᾰμπᾰ́δε tṑ lămpắde |
αἱ λᾰμπᾰ́δες hai lămpắdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λᾰμπᾰ́δος tês lămpắdos |
τοῖν λᾰμπᾰ́δοιν toîn lămpắdoin |
τῶν λᾰμπᾰ́δων tôn lămpắdōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λᾰμπᾰ́δῐ tēî lămpắdĭ |
τοῖν λᾰμπᾰ́δοιν toîn lămpắdoin |
ταῖς λᾰμπᾰ́σῐ / λᾰμπᾰ́σῐν taîs lămpắsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λᾰμπᾰ́δᾰ tḕn lămpắdă |
τὼ λᾰμπᾰ́δε tṑ lămpắde |
τᾱ̀ς λᾰμπᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s lămpắdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λᾰμπᾰ́ς lămpắs |
λᾰμπᾰ́δε lămpắde |
λᾰμπᾰ́δες lămpắdes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- λαμπαδάρχης (lampadárkhēs)
- λαμπαδείᾱ (lampadeíā)
- λαμπαδεῖον (lampadeîon)
- λαμπαδηδρομίᾱ (lampadēdromíā)
- λαμπαδηφόρος (lampadēphóros)
- λαμπαδίᾱς (lampadíās)
- λαμπαδικός (lampadikós)
- λαμπάδιον (lampádion)
- λαμπαδιστής (lampadistḗs)
- λαμπαδοποιός (lampadopoiós)
- λαμπαδοῦχος (lampadoûkhos)
- λαμπαδοφανῶς (lampadophanôs)
- λαμπαδοφεγγέω (lampadophengéō)
- λαμπαδοφόρος (lampadophóros)
- λαμπαδώδης (lampadṓdēs)
Descendants
- Greek: λαμπάδα (lampáda)
- → Aramaic: [script needed] (lmpd)
- → Coptic: ⲗⲁⲙⲡⲁⲥ (lampas)
- → Latin: lampas (see there for further descendants), lampada (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: լամպար (lampar), լամբար (lambar), ղամպար (łampar), ղամբար (łambar) (via Iranian)
- → Old Armenian: լամբատք (lambatkʻ)
Further reading
- “λαμπάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λαμπάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λαμπάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2985 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- λαμπάς in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- beacon idem, page 66.
- brand idem, page 93.
- fire-brand idem, page 322.
- lamp idem, page 474.
- procession idem, page 644.
- sun idem, page 838.
- torch idem, page 881.