λῆρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
From Proto-Hellenic *lāros, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root). Cognate with Latin lātrō, Latin lamentum, λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛ̂ː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle̝.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈli.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈli.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.ros/
Noun
λῆρος • (lêros) m (genitive λήρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λῆρος ho lêros |
τὼ λήρω tṑ lḗrō |
οἱ λῆροι hoi lêroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λήρου toû lḗrou |
τοῖν λήροιν toîn lḗroin |
τῶν λήρων tôn lḗrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λήρῳ tōî lḗrōi |
τοῖν λήροιν toîn lḗroin |
τοῖς λήροις toîs lḗrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λῆρον tòn lêron |
τὼ λήρω tṑ lḗrō |
τοὺς λήρους toùs lḗrous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῆρε lêre |
λήρω lḗrō |
λῆροι lêroi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- ληραίνω (lēraínō)
- ληρέω (lēréō)
- λήρημᾰ (lḗrēmă)
- λήρησῐς (lḗrēsĭs)
- ληρωδέω (lērōdéō)
- ληρώδημᾰ (lērṓdēmă)
- ληρώδης (lērṓdēs)
- ληρωδῐ́ᾱ (lērōdĭ́ā)
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛ̂ː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle̝.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈli.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈli.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.ros/
Noun
λῆρος • (lêros) m (genitive λήρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λῆρος ho lêros |
τὼ λήρω tṑ lḗrō |
οἱ λῆροι hoi lêroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λήρου toû lḗrou |
τοῖν λήροιν toîn lḗroin |
τῶν λήρων tôn lḗrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λήρῳ tōî lḗrōi |
τοῖν λήροιν toîn lḗroin |
τοῖς λήροις toîs lḗrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λῆρον tòn lêron |
τὼ λήρω tṑ lḗrō |
τοὺς λήρους toùs lḗrous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῆρε lêre |
λήρω lḗrō |
λῆροι lêroi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Further reading
- “λῆρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λῆρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λῆρος 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