λαμπαδιστής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λαμπάς (lampás) + -ιστής (-istḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lam.pa.dis.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lam.pa.disˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lam.pa.ðisˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lam.pa.ðisˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lam.ba.ðisˈtis/
Noun
λαμπᾰδιστής • (lampădistḗs) m (genitive λαμπᾰδιστοῦ); first declension
- runner in a torch race
- torchbearer
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λᾰμπᾰδῐστής ho lămpădĭstḗs |
τὼ λᾰμπᾰδῐστᾱ́ tṑ lămpădĭstā́ |
οἱ λᾰμπᾰδῐσταί hoi lămpădĭstaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λᾰμπᾰδῐστοῦ toû lămpădĭstoû |
τοῖν λᾰμπᾰδῐσταῖν toîn lămpădĭstaîn |
τῶν λᾰμπᾰδῐστῶν tôn lămpădĭstôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λᾰμπᾰδῐστῇ tōî lămpădĭstēî |
τοῖν λᾰμπᾰδῐσταῖν toîn lămpădĭstaîn |
τοῖς λᾰμπᾰδῐσταῖς toîs lămpădĭstaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λᾰμπᾰδῐστήν tòn lămpădĭstḗn |
τὼ λᾰμπᾰδῐστᾱ́ tṑ lămpădĭstā́ |
τοὺς λᾰμπᾰδῐστᾱ́ς toùs lămpădĭstā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λᾰμπᾰδῐστᾰ́ lămpădĭstắ |
λᾰμπᾰδῐστᾱ́ lămpădĭstā́ |
λᾰμπᾰδῐσταί lămpădĭstaí | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (torchbearer): λαμπαδηφόρος (lampadēphóros), λαμπαδοφόρος (lampadophóros)
Further reading
- λαμπαδιστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λαμπαδιστής, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “λαμπαδιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “λαμπαδιστής”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, page 12
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “λαμπαδιστής”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 704