λάρος

See also: λαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of onomatopoeic origin but compare Armenian լոր (lor, “quail”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

λᾰ́ρος • (lắros) m (genitive λᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. kind of ravenous sea bird, perhaps the seamew, the gull
2. greedy demagogue

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λᾰ́ρος; τοῦ λᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λᾰ́ρος ho lắros	τὼ λᾰ́ρω tṑ lắrō	οἱ λᾰ́ροι hoi lắroi
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰ́ρου toû lắrou	τοῖν λᾰ́ροιν toîn lắroin	τῶν λᾰ́ρων tôn lắrōn
Dative	τῷ λᾰ́ρῳ tôi lắrōi	τοῖν λᾰ́ροιν toîn lắroin	τοῖς λᾰ́ροις toîs lắrois
Accusative	τὸν λᾰ́ρον tòn lắron	τὼ λᾰ́ρω tṑ lắrō	τοὺς λᾰ́ρους toùs lắrous
Vocative	λᾰ́ρε lắre	λᾰ́ρω lắrō	λᾰ́ροι lắroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: γλάρος (gláros)
• → Latin: larus
  • → Translingual: Larus
• → Old Georgian: ლაროსი (larosi)

Further reading

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