λάπαθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λᾰ́πᾰθον (lắpăthon)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix -θος.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.pa.tʰos/ → /ˈla.pa.θos/ → /ˈla.pa.θos/

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

Noun

λᾰ́πᾰθος • (lắpăthos) m (genitive λᾰπᾰ́θου); second declension

1. pitfall for wild beasts

   Synonym: σιρός (sirós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λᾰ́πᾰθος; τοῦ λᾰπᾰ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λᾰ́πᾰθος ho lắpăthos	τὼ λᾰπᾰ́θω tṑ lăpắthō	οἱ λᾰ́πᾰθοι hoi lắpăthoi
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰπᾰ́θου toû lăpắthou	τοῖν λᾰπᾰ́θοιν toîn lăpắthoin	τῶν λᾰπᾰ́θων tôn lăpắthōn
Dative	τῷ λᾰπᾰ́θῳ tôi lăpắthōi	τοῖν λᾰπᾰ́θοιν toîn lăpắthoin	τοῖς λᾰπᾰ́θοις toîs lăpắthois
Accusative	τὸν λᾰ́πᾰθον tòn lắpăthon	τὼ λᾰπᾰ́θω tṑ lăpắthō	τοὺς λᾰπᾰ́θους toùs lăpắthous
Vocative	λᾰ́πᾰθε lắpăthe	λᾰπᾰ́θω lăpắthō	λᾰ́πᾰθοι lắpăthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λάπαθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λάπαθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN