λαθυρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λάθυρος (láthuros, “chickling vetch”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laː.tʰy.rís/ → /la.θyˈris/ → /la.θiˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /laː.tʰy.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.tʰyˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.θyˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.θyˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.θiˈris/

Noun

λᾱθῠρῐ́ς • (lāthurís) f (genitive λᾱθῠρῐ́δος); third declension

1. any plant of genus Euphorbia
   1. caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λᾱθῠρῐ́ς; τῆς λᾱθῠῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾱθῠρῐ́ς hē lāthurís	τὼ λᾱθῠῐ́δε tṑ lāthuíde	αἱ λᾱθῠῐ́δες hai lāthuídes
Genitive	τῆς λᾱθῠῐ́δος tês lāthuídos	τοῖν λᾱθῠῐ́δοιν toîn lāthuídoin	τῶν λᾱθῠῐ́δων tôn lāthuídōn
Dative	τῇ λᾱθῠῐ́δῐ têi lāthuídi	τοῖν λᾱθῠῐ́δοιν toîn lāthuídoin	ταῖς λᾱθῠῐ́σῐ / λᾱθῠῐ́σῐν taîs lāthuísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λᾱθῠῐ́δᾰ tḕn lāthuída	τὼ λᾱθῠῐ́δε tṑ lāthuíde	τᾱ̀ς λᾱθῠῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lāthuídas
Vocative	λᾱθῠρῐ́ς lāthurís	λᾱθῠῐ́δε lāthuíde	λᾱθῠῐ́δες lāthuídes
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

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