λάλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾰ́λος (lắlos): as a noun, a substantivisation of its neuter forms; as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.lon/ → /ˈla.lon/ → /ˈla.lon/

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

Noun

λᾰ́λον • (lắlon) n (genitive λᾰ́λου); second declension

1. Synonym of λᾰλῐᾱ́ (lălĭā́)
   • 170 CE – 250 CE, Philostratus, Imagines 1.5

Declension

Second declension of τὸ λᾰ́λον; τοῦ λᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λᾰ́λον tò lắlon	τὼ λᾰ́λω tṑ lắlō	τᾰ̀ λᾰ́λᾰ tằ lắlă
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰ́λου toû lắlou	τοῖν λᾰ́λοιν toîn lắloin	τῶν λᾰ́λων tôn lắlōn
Dative	τῷ λᾰ́λῳ tôi lắlōi	τοῖν λᾰ́λοιν toîn lắloin	τοῖς λᾰ́λοις toîs lắlois
Accusative	τὸ λᾰ́λον tò lắlon	τὼ λᾰ́λω tṑ lắlō	τᾰ̀ λᾰ́λᾰ tằ lắlă
Vocative	λᾰ́λον lắlon	λᾰ́λω lắlō	λᾰ́λᾰ lắlă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Adjective

λᾰ́λον • (lắlon)

1. nominative singular neuter of λᾰ́λος (lắlos)
2. accusative singular masculine of λᾰ́λος (lắlos)
3. accusative singular feminine of λᾰ́λος (lắlos)
4. accusative singular neuter of λᾰ́λος (lắlos)
5. vocative singular neuter of λᾰ́λος (lắlos)

References

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