Λιπάρα

See also: λιπαρά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Liparus, name of a mythical founder, which could be of local substrate origin. However, compare λιπαρός (liparós, “rich, fat”), which could have been a nickname.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.pá.raː/ → /liˈpa.ra/ → /liˈpa.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.pá.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liˈpa.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈpa.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈpa.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈpa.ra/

Proper noun

Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱ • (Lĭpắrā) f (genitive Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension

1. Lipari, Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱ; τῆς Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱ hē Lĭpắrā
Genitive	τῆς Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱς tês Lĭpắrās
Dative	τῇ Λῐπᾰ́ρᾳ têi Lĭpắrāi
Accusative	τὴν Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱν tḕn Lĭpắrān
Vocative	Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱ Lĭpắrā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λῐπᾰραῖος (Lĭpăraîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Λιπάρα f (Lipára, “Lipara”)

References

• “Λιπάρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Λιπάρα”, 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