Λαΐς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laː.ís/ → /laˈis/ → /laˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /laː.ís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈis/

Proper noun

Λᾱῐ̈́ς • (Lāĭ̈́s) f (genitive Λᾱῐ̈́δος); third declension

1. a female given name: Lais

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Λᾱῐ̈́ς; τῆς Λᾱῐ̈́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λᾱῐ̈́ς hē Lāĭ̈́s
Genitive	τῆς Λᾱῐ̈́δος tês Lāĭ̈́dos
Dative	τῇ Λᾱῐ̈́δῐ têi Lāĭ̈́dĭ
Accusative	τὴν Λᾱῐ̈́δᾰ tḕn Lāĭ̈́dă
Vocative	Λᾱῐ̈́ς Lāĭ̈́s
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Λαΐς (Laḯs)
• Latin: Lāis

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015