λαμπυρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine, gleam”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lam.py.rís/ → /lam.pyˈris/ → /lam.biˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lam.py.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lam.pyˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lam.pyˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lam.pyˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lam.biˈris/

Noun

λᾰμπῠρῐ́ς • (lampurís) f (genitive λᾰμπῠρῐ́δος); third declension

1. glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca)

   Synonym: πῡγολᾰμπῐ́ς (pūgolampís)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λᾰμπῠρῐ́ς; τῆς λᾰμπῠρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰμπῠρῐ́ς hē lampurís	τὼ λᾰμπῠρῐ́δε tṑ lampuríde	αἱ λᾰμπῠρῐ́δες hai lampurídes
Genitive	τῆς λᾰμπῠρῐ́δος tês lampurídos	τοῖν λᾰμπῠρῐ́δοιν toîn lampurídoin	τῶν λᾰμπῠρῐ́δων tôn lampurídōn
Dative	τῇ λᾰμπῠρῐ́δῐ têi lampurídi	τοῖν λᾰμπῠρῐ́δοιν toîn lampurídoin	ταῖς λᾰμπῠρῐ́σῐ / λᾰμπῠρῐ́σῐν taîs lampurísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λᾰμπῠρῐ́δᾰ tḕn lampurída	τὼ λᾰμπῠρῐ́δε tṑ lampuríde	τᾱ̀ς λᾰμπῠρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lampurídas
Vocative	λᾰμπῠρῐ́ς lampurís	λᾰμπῠρῐ́δε lampuríde	λᾰμπῠρῐ́δες lampurídes
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.

Descendants

• Greek: λαμπυρίδα (lampyrída)
• → Latin: lampyris
• → Translingual: Lampyris

Further reading

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