λαδωνίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Λάδων (Ládōn, “river god and father of Daphne”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.dɔː.nís/ → /la.ðoˈnis/ → /la.ðoˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.dɔː.nís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.doˈnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.ðoˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.ðoˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.ðoˈnis/

Noun

λᾰδωνῐ́ς • (lădōnĭ́s) f (genitive λᾰδωνῐ́δος); third declension

1. sweet bay (Laurus nobilis)

   Synonym: δᾰ́φνη (dắphnē)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λᾰδωνῐ́ς; τῆς λᾰδωνῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰδωνῐ́ς hē lădōnĭ́s	τὼ λᾰδωνῐ́δε tṑ lădōnĭ́de	αἱ λᾰδωνῐ́δες hai lădōnĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς λᾰδωνῐ́δος tês lădōnĭ́dos	τοῖν λᾰδωνῐ́δοιν toîn lădōnĭ́doin	τῶν λᾰδωνῐ́δων tôn lădōnĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ λᾰδωνῐ́δῐ têi lădōnĭ́dĭ	τοῖν λᾰδωνῐ́δοιν toîn lădōnĭ́doin	ταῖς λᾰδωνῐ́σῐ / λᾰδωνῐ́σῐν taîs lădōnĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λᾰδωνῐ́δᾰ tḕn lădōnĭ́dă	τὼ λᾰδωνῐ́δε tṑ lădōnĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς λᾰδωνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lădōnĭ́dăs
Vocative	λᾰδωνῐ́ς lădōnĭ́s	λᾰδωνῐ́δε lădōnĭ́de	λᾰδωνῐ́δες lădōnĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

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