λαδωνίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (ladōnís) f (genitive λᾰδωνῐ́δος); third declension

1. sweet bay (Laurus nobilis)

   Synonym: δᾰ́φνη (dáphnē)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λᾰδωνῐ́ς; τῆς λᾰδωνῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰδωνῐ́ς hē ladōnís	τὼ λᾰδωνῐ́δε tṑ ladōníde	αἱ λᾰδωνῐ́δες hai ladōnídes
Genitive	τῆς λᾰδωνῐ́δος tês ladōnídos	τοῖν λᾰδωνῐ́δοιν toîn ladōnídoin	τῶν λᾰδωνῐ́δων tôn ladōnídōn
Dative	τῇ λᾰδωνῐ́δῐ têi ladōnídi	τοῖν λᾰδωνῐ́δοιν toîn ladōnídoin	ταῖς λᾰδωνῐ́σῐ / λᾰδωνῐ́σῐν taîs ladōnísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λᾰδωνῐ́δᾰ tḕn ladōnída	τὼ λᾰδωνῐ́δε tṑ ladōníde	τᾱ̀ς λᾰδωνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s ladōnídas
Vocative	λᾰδωνῐ́ς ladōnís	λᾰδωνῐ́δε ladōníde	λᾰδωνῐ́δες ladōnídes
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