Λαύρειον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Λαύριον (Laúrion)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lǎu̯.reː.on/ → /ˈla.βri.on/ → /ˈla.vri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lǎu̯.reː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlaw.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.βri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.vri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.vri.on/

Proper noun

Λαύρειον • (Laúreion) n (genitive Λαυρείου); second declension

1. Laurium; Lavrio, Attica, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Λαύρειον; τοῦ Λαυρείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Λαύρειον tò Laúreion
Genitive	τοῦ Λαυρείου toû Laureíou
Dative	τῷ Λαυρείῳ tôi Laureíōi
Accusative	τὸ Λαύρειον tò Laúreion
Vocative	Λαύρειον Laúreion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λαυρειωτικός (Laureiōtikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Λαύρειο (Lávreio); Λαύριο (Lávrio)
• Latin: Laurium

References

• “Λαύρειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Λαύρειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
• Λαύρειον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette