Lais

Borrowed from German Lais.

Lais (plural Laises)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lais is the 39887^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 550 individuals. Lais is most common among White (85.82%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lais”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 382.

• sail, SAIL, Lasi, ails, SiAl, Alis, LISA, LIAs, Lias, lias, Lisa, sial, Ilsa, Isla

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαΐς (Laḯs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫaː.ɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlaː.is]

Lāis f sg (genitive Lāidos); third declension

1. The name of two famous hetaerae of Corinth

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

¹In poetry.

• “Lais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lais in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• IPA^(key): /lai̯s/, [lɑɪ̯s]

Lais

1. plural of Laus