λάπτω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An onomatopoeic word. In other Indo-European languages we find Albanian lap (“to slurp”), Proto-Slavic *lopati (“to eat greedily”), Lithuanian lapènti (“to absorb greedily”), Old English lapian (“to lap”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /láp.tɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlap.to/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlap.to/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlap.to/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlap.to/
Verb
[edit]λᾰ́πτω • (láptō)
Inflection
[edit] Present: λᾰ́πτω, λᾰ́πτομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | λᾰ́ψω | λᾰ́ψεις | λᾰ́ψει | λᾰ́ψετον | λᾰ́ψετον | λᾰ́ψομεν | λᾰ́ψετε | λᾰ́ψουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | λᾰ́ψοιμῐ | λᾰ́ψοις | λᾰ́ψοι | λᾰ́ψοιτον | λᾰψοίτην | λᾰ́ψοιμεν | λᾰ́ψοιτε | λᾰ́ψοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | λᾰ́ψομαι | λᾰ́ψῃ, λᾰ́ψει |
λᾰ́ψεται | λᾰ́ψεσθον | λᾰ́ψεσθον | λᾰψόμεθᾰ | λᾰ́ψεσθε | λᾰ́ψονται | ||||
optative | λᾰψοίμην | λᾰ́ψοιο | λᾰ́ψοιτο | λᾰ́ψοισθον | λᾰψοίσθην | λᾰψοίμεθᾰ | λᾰ́ψοισθε | λᾰ́ψοιντο | |||||
passive | indicative | λᾰφήσομαι | λᾰφήσῃ | λᾰφήσεται | λᾰφήσεσθον | λᾰφήσεσθον | λᾰφησόμεθᾰ | λᾰφήσεσθε | λᾰφήσονται | ||||
optative | λᾰφησοίμην | λᾰφήσοιο | λᾰφήσοιτο | λᾰφήσοισθον | λᾰφησοίσθην | λᾰφησοίμεθᾰ | λᾰφήσοισθε | λᾰφήσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
infinitive | λᾰ́ψειν | λᾰ́ψεσθαι | λᾰφήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
participle | m | λᾰ́ψων | λᾰψόμενος | λᾰφησόμενος | |||||||||
f | λᾰ́ψουσᾰ | λᾰψομένη | λᾰφησομένη | ||||||||||
n | λᾰ́ψον | λᾰψόμενον | λᾰφησόμενον | ||||||||||
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]- ἀπολᾰ́πτω (apoláptō)
- ἐκλᾰ́πτω (ekláptō)
- λᾰ́ψῐς (lápsis)
- περῐλᾰ́πτω (periláptō)
Further reading
[edit]- “λάπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λάπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “λάπτω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λάπτω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λάπτω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λάπτω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 834