λαμπρότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

λᾰμπρός (lămprós) +‎ -της (-tēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lam.pró.tɛːs/ → /lamˈpro.tis/ → /lamˈbro.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lam.pró.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lamˈpro.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lamˈpro.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lamˈpro.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lamˈbro.tis/

Noun

λᾰμπρότης • (lămprótēs) f (genitive λᾰμπρότητος); third declension

1. brilliancy, splendour
   • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 26:12–13:

     ἐν οἷς καὶ πορευόμενος εἰς τὴν Δαμασκὸν μετ’ ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐπιτροπῆς τῆς παρὰ τῶν ἀρχιερέων, ἡμέρας μέσης, κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν εἶδον, βασιλεῦ, οὐρανόθεν ὑπὲρ τὴν λαμπρότητα τοῦ ἡλίου, περιλάμψαν με φῶς καὶ τοὺς σὺν ἐμοὶ πορευομένους.

     en hoîs kaì poreuómenos eis tḕn Damaskòn met’ exousías kaì epitropês tês parà tôn arkhieréōn, hēméras mésēs, katà tḕn hodòn eîdon, basileû, ouranóthen hupèr tḕn lamprótēta toû hēlíou, perilámpsan me phôs kaì toùs sùn emoì poreuoménous.

   1. clearness, distinctness
2. (figuratively) brilliancy, splendour, distinction
   1. munificence
   2. brilliancy of style

Declension

Third declension of ἡ λᾰμπρότης; τῆς λᾰμπρότητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰμπρότης hē lămprótēs	τὼ λᾰμπρότητε tṑ lămprótēte	αἱ λᾰμπρότητες hai lămprótētes
Genitive	τῆς λᾰμπρότητος tês lămprótētos	τοῖν λᾰμπροτήτοιν toîn lămprotḗtoin	τῶν λᾰμπροτήτων tôn lămprotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ λᾰμπρότητῐ têi lămprótētĭ	τοῖν λᾰμπροτήτοιν toîn lămprotḗtoin	ταῖς λᾰμπρότησῐ / λᾰμπρότησῐν taîs lămprótēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λᾰμπρότητᾰ tḕn lămprótētă	τὼ λᾰμπρότητε tṑ lămprótēte	τᾱ̀ς λᾰμπρότητᾰς tā̀s lămprótētăs
Vocative	λᾰμπρότης lămprótēs	λᾰμπρότητε lămprótēte	λᾰμπρότητες lămprótētes
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 *-ts.

Derived terms

• σὴ λᾰμπρότης (sḕ lămprótēs)
• ψῡχῆς λᾰμπρότης (psūkhês lămprótēs)

Descendants

• → Greek: λαμπρότητα (lamprótita) (learned)

Further reading

• “λαμπρότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαμπρότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G2987 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• λαμπρότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “λαμπρότης”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn