Λάϊος

See also: λαιός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Λᾷος (Lâios) — contracted

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lǎː.i.os/ → /ˈla.i.os/ → /ˈla.i.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lǎː.i.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.i.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.i.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.i.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.i.os/

Proper noun

Λᾱ́ῐ̈ος • (Lā́ïos) m (genitive Λᾱῐ̈́ου); second declension

1. Laius

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Λᾱ́ῐ̈ος; τοῦ Λᾱῐ̈́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λᾱ́ῐ̈ος ho Lā́ïos
Genitive	τοῦ Λᾱῐ̈́ου toû Lāḯou
Dative	τῷ Λᾱῐ̈́ῳ tôi Lāḯōi
Accusative	τὸν Λᾱ́ῐ̈ον tòn Lā́ïon
Vocative	Λᾱ́ῐ̈ε Lā́ïe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Λάιος (Láios)
• Latin: Lāius, Lājus
  • German: Lajus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
• Λάϊος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette