λαῦρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Frequent misreading of λάβρος (lábros, “furious, boisterous”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lâu̯.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlaw.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈla.βros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈla.vros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈla.vros/
Adjective
λαῦρος • (laûros) m or f (neuter λαῦρον); second declension
- alternative form of λάβρος (lábros)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | λαῦρος laûros |
λαῦρον laûron |
λαύρω laúrō |
λαύρω laúrō |
λαῦροι laûroi |
λαῦρᾰ laûră | ||||||||
| Genitive | λαύρου laúrou |
λαύρου laúrou |
λαύροιν laúroin |
λαύροιν laúroin |
λαύρων laúrōn |
λαύρων laúrōn | ||||||||
| Dative | λαύρῳ laúrōi |
λαύρῳ laúrōi |
λαύροιν laúroin |
λαύροιν laúroin |
λαύροις laúrois |
λαύροις laúrois | ||||||||
| Accusative | λαῦρον laûron |
λαῦρον laûron |
λαύρω laúrō |
λαύρω laúrō |
λαύρους laúrous |
λαῦρᾰ laûră | ||||||||
| Vocative | λαῦρε laûre |
λαῦρον laûron |
λαύρω laúrō |
λαύρω laúrō |
λαῦροι laûroi |
λαῦρᾰ laûră | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| λαύρως laúrōs |
λαυρότερος lauróteros |
λαυρότᾰτος laurótătos | ||||||||||||
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References
- “λαῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λαῦρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λαῦρος 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