λάμπω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from a nasalized variant of Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”), but problematic due to said nasalization. Related to Scottish Gaelic loisg (“to burn”), Welsh llachar (“glow”), Hittite [script needed] (lapp-, “to glow, flash”), Latvian lāpa (“torch, flame”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lám.pɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlam.po/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlam.po/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlam.po/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlam.bo/
Verb
[edit]λάμπω • (lámpō)
- to shine, be bright, give light
- (transitive, primarily poetic or comedic) to illumine, cause to shine
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 4.7.7:
- φάσκων δὲ τὸν ἥλιον λίθον διάπυρον εἶναι καὶ τοῦτο ἠγνόει, ὅτι λίθος μὲν ἐν πυρὶ ὢν οὔτε λάμπει οὔτε πολὺν χρόνον ἀντέχει, ὁ δὲ ἥλιος πάντα τὸν χρόνον πάντων λαμπρότατος ὢν διαμένει.
- pháskōn dè tòn hḗlion líthon diápuron eînai kaì toûto ēgnóei, hóti líthos mèn en purì ṑn oúte lámpei oúte polùn khrónon antékhei, ho dè hḗlios pánta tòn khrónon pántōn lamprótatos ṑn diaménei.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- φάσκων δὲ τὸν ἥλιον λίθον διάπυρον εἶναι καὶ τοῦτο ἠγνόει, ὅτι λίθος μὲν ἐν πυρὶ ὢν οὔτε λάμπει οὔτε πολὺν χρόνον ἀντέχει, ὁ δὲ ἥλιος πάντα τὸν χρόνον πάντων λαμπρότατος ὢν διαμένει.
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Timoleon 3:
- τοσαύτη καὶ περὶ τὴν αἵρεσιν εὐθὺς ἔλαμψε τύχης εὐμένεια καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις πράξεσιν ἐπηκολούθησε χάρις ἐπικοσμοῦσα τὴν ἀρετὴν τοῦ ἀνδρός.
- tosaútē kaì perì tḕn haíresin euthùs élampse túkhēs euméneia kaì taîs állais práxesin epēkoloúthēse kháris epikosmoûsa tḕn aretḕn toû andrós.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- τοσαύτη καὶ περὶ τὴν αἵρεσιν εὐθὺς ἔλαμψε τύχης εὐμένεια καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις πράξεσιν ἐπηκολούθησε χάρις ἐπικοσμοῦσα τὴν ἀρετὴν τοῦ ἀνδρός.
- (transitive, primarily poetic or comedic) to illumine, cause to shine
- (sound) to be loud, clear
- (figurative) to be famous, conspicuous
Inflection
[edit] Present: λᾰ́μπω, λᾰ́μπομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔλᾰμπον | ἔλᾰμπες | ἔλᾰμπε(ν) | ἐλᾰ́μπετον | ἐλᾰμπέτην | ἐλᾰ́μπομεν | ἐλᾰ́μπετε | ἔλᾰμπον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐλᾰμπόμην | ἐλᾰ́μπου | ἐλᾰ́μπετο | ἐλᾰ́μπεσθον | ἐλᾰμπέσθην | ἐλᾰμπόμεθᾰ | ἐλᾰ́μπεσθε | ἐλᾰ́μποντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | λᾰ́μπεσκον | λᾰ́μπεσκες | λᾰ́μπεσκε(ν) | λᾰμπέσκετον | λᾰμπεσκέτην | λᾰμπέσκομεν | λᾰμπέσκετε | λᾰ́μπεσκον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | λᾰμπεσκόμην | λᾰμπέσκου | λᾰμπέσκετο | λᾰμπέσκεσθον | λᾰμπεσκέσθην | λᾰμπεσκόμεθᾰ | λᾰμπέσκεσθε | λᾰμπέσκοντο | ||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: λέλᾰμπᾰ
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | λέλᾰμπᾰ | λέλᾰμπᾰς | λέλᾰμπε(ν) | λελᾰ́μπᾰτον | λελᾰ́μπᾰτον | λελᾰ́μπᾰμεν | λελᾰ́μπᾰτε | λελᾰ́μπᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | λελᾰ́μπω | λελᾰ́μπῃς | λελᾰ́μπῃ | λελᾰ́μπητον | λελᾰ́μπητον | λελᾰ́μπωμεν | λελᾰ́μπητε | λελᾰ́μπωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | λελᾰ́μποιμῐ, λελᾰμποίην |
λελᾰ́μποις, λελᾰμποίης |
λελᾰ́μποι, λελᾰμποίη |
λελᾰ́μποιτον | λελᾰμποίτην | λελᾰ́μποιμεν | λελᾰ́μποιτε | λελᾰ́μποιεν | |||||
imperative | λέλᾰμπε | λελᾰμπέτω | λελᾰ́μπετον | λελᾰμπέτων | λελᾰ́μπετε | λελᾰμπόντων | |||||||
active | |||||||||||||
infinitive | λελᾰμπέναι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | λελᾰμπώς | |||||||||||
f | λελᾰμπυῖᾰ | ||||||||||||
n | λελᾰμπός | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀναλάμπω (analámpō)
- ἀντιλάμπω (antilámpō)
- ἀπολάμπω (apolámpō)
- διαλάμπω (dialámpō)
- εἰσλάμπω (eislámpō)
- ἐκλάμπω (eklámpō)
- ἐλλάμπω (ellámpō)
- ἐπιλάμπω (epilámpō)
- καταλάμπω (katalámpō)
- λαμπάς (lampás)
- λαμπρός (lamprós)
- λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr)
- παραλάμπω (paralámpō)
- περιλάμπω (perilámpō)
- προλάμπω (prolámpō)
- προσλάμπω (proslámpō)
- πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς (pūgolămpĭ́s)
- ὑπερλάμπω (huperlámpō)
- ὑπολάμπω (hupolámpō)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λάμπω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 829-30
Further reading
[edit]- “λάμπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λάμπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “λάμπω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λάμπω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- λάμπω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “λάμπω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2989 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- λάμπω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek λάμπω.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]λάμπω • (lámpo) (past έλαμψα, passive —)
- to shine
Conjugation
[edit]λάμπω (active forms only)
Active voice ➤ | ||||
Indicative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect ➤ | Perfective aspect ➤ | ||
Non-past tenses ➤ | Present ➤ | Dependent ➤ | ||
1 sg | λάμπω | λάμψω | ||
2 sg | λάμπεις | λάμψεις | ||
3 sg | λάμπει | λάμψει | ||
1 pl | λάμπουμε, [‑ομε] | λάμψουμε, [‑ομε] | ||
2 pl | λάμπετε | λάμψετε | ||
3 pl | λάμπουν(ε) | λάμψουν(ε) | ||
Past tenses ➤ | Imperfect ➤ | Simple past ➤ | ||
1 sg | έλαμπα | έλαμψα | ||
2 sg | έλαμπες | έλαμψες | ||
3 sg | έλαμπε | έλαμψε | ||
1 pl | λάμπαμε | λάμψαμε | ||
2 pl | λάμπατε | λάμψατε | ||
3 pl | έλαμπαν, λάμπαν(ε) | έλαμψαν, λάμψαν(ε) | ||
Future tenses ➤ | Continuous ➤ | Simple ➤ | ||
1 sg | θα λάμπω ➤ | θα λάμψω ➤ | ||
2,3 sg, 1,2,3 pl | θα λάμπεις, … | θα λάμψεις, … | ||
Perfect aspect ➤ | ||||
Present perfect ➤ | έχω, έχεις, … λάμψει | |||
Past perfect ➤ | είχα, είχες, … λάμψει | |||
Future perfect ➤ | θα έχω, θα έχεις, … λάμψει | |||
Subjunctive mood ➤ | Formed using present, dependent (for simple past) or present perfect from above with a particle (να, ας). | |||
Imperative mood ➤ | Imperfective aspect | Perfective aspect | ||
2 sg | λάμπε | λάμψε | ||
2 pl | λάμπετε | λάμψτε | ||
Other forms | ||||
Active present participle ➤ | λάμποντας ➤ | |||
Active perfect participle ➤ | έχοντας λάμψει ➤ | |||
Passive perfect participle ➤ | — | |||
Nonfinite form ➤ | λάμψει | |||
Notes Appendix:Greek verbs |
• (…) optional or informal. […] rare. {…} learned, archaic. • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency. • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive. | |||
Related terms
[edit]- αλαμπής (alampís, “dim”)
- αλαμπικάριστος (alampikáristos)
- άλαμπος (álampos)
- αναλαμπή f (analampí, “gleam, flash”)
- εκλαμπρότατος (eklamprótatos)
- έκλαμψη f (éklampsi)
- εκλαμψία f (eklampsía, “eclampsia”) (medicine)
- έλλαμψη f (éllampsi)
- λάμπα f (lámpa, “lamp”)
- λαμπάδα (lampáda)
- λαμπατέρ n (lampatér)
- λαμπερός (lamperós)
- λαμπικάρω (lampikáro)
- Λαμπρή f (Lamprí, “Easter”)
- λαμπριάτικος (lampriátikos)
- λαμπρο- (lampro-)
- λαμπρός (lamprós, “bright”) & compounds
- λαμπρότητα f (lamprótita)
- λαμπτήρας m (lamptíras)
- λαμπυρίζω (lampyrízo)
- λαμπύρισμα n (lampýrisma)
- λάμψη f (lámpsi)
- μεταλαμπαδεύω (metalampadévo)
- πυγολαμπίδα f (pygolampída, “firefly”)
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