λάτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Egyptian.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

λᾰ́τος • (lắtos) m (genitive λᾰ́του); second declension

1. Nile perch (Lates niloticus)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λᾰ́τος; τοῦ λᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λᾰ́τος ho lắtos	τὼ λᾰ́τω tṑ lắtō	οἱ λᾰ́τοι hoi lắtoi
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰ́του toû lắtou	τοῖν λᾰ́τοιν toîn lắtoin	τῶν λᾰ́των tôn lắtōn
Dative	τῷ λᾰ́τῳ tôi lắtōi	τοῖν λᾰ́τοιν toîn lắtoin	τοῖς λᾰ́τοις toîs lắtois
Accusative	τὸν λᾰ́τον tòn lắton	τὼ λᾰ́τω tṑ lắtō	τοὺς λᾰ́τους toùs lắtous
Vocative	λᾰ́τε lắte	λᾰ́τω lắtō	λᾰ́τοι lắtoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λᾰτόπολῐς (Lătópolĭs)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Lates

Further reading

• “λάτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λάτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette