λαβροσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λάβρος (lábros, “furious, fierce, violent”) +‎ -σῠ́νη (-súnē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.bro.sý.nɛː/ → /la.βroˈsy.ni/ → /la.vroˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.bro.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.broˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.βroˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.vroˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.vroˈsi.ni/

Noun

λᾰβροσῠ́νη • (labrosúnē) f (genitive λᾰβροσῠ́νης); first declension

1. violence, greed
2. bold talking

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λᾰβροσῠ́νη; τῆς λᾰβροσῠ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰβροσῠ́νη hē labrosúnē	τὼ λᾰβροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ labrosúnā	αἱ λᾰβροσῠ́ναι hai labrosúnai
Genitive	τῆς λᾰβροσῠ́νης tês labrosúnēs	τοῖν λᾰβροσῠ́ναιν toîn labrosúnain	τῶν λᾰβροσῠνῶν tôn labrosunôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰβροσῠ́νῃ têi labrosúnēi	τοῖν λᾰβροσῠ́ναιν toîn labrosúnain	ταῖς λᾰβροσῠ́ναις taîs labrosúnais
Accusative	τὴν λᾰβροσῠ́νην tḕn labrosúnēn	τὼ λᾰβροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ labrosúnā	τᾱ̀ς λᾰβροσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s labrosúnās
Vocative	λᾰβροσῠ́νη labrosúnē	λᾰβροσῠ́νᾱ labrosúnā	λᾰβροσῠ́ναι labrosúnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λαβροσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαβροσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαβροσύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette