λαμυρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to γλαφυρός (glaphurós) and βδελυρός (bdelurós). There seems no basis for the comparison with Latin lemurēs (“roaming ghosts”). The word is probably Pre-Greek and related to λαφύσσω (laphússō, “to swallow”) with interchange "μ/φ". Perhaps λαιμός (laimós, “throat, gullet”) is also related.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.my.rós/ → /la.myˈros/ → /la.miˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.my.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.myˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.myˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.myˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.miˈros/

Adjective

λαμυρός • (lamurós) m (feminine λαμυρᾱ́, neuter λαμυρόν); first/second declension

1. full of abysses
2. gluttonous, greedy
3. wanton, impudent, coquettish
4. piquant, charming

Inflection

First and second declension of λαμυρός; λαμυρᾱ́; λαμυρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λαμυρός lamurós	λαμυρᾱ́ lamurā́	λαμυρόν lamurón		λαμυρώ lamurṓ	λαμυρᾱ́ lamurā́	λαμυρώ lamurṓ		λαμυροί lamuroí	λαμυραί lamuraí	λαμυρᾰ́ lamurá
Genitive		λαμυροῦ lamuroû	λαμυρᾶς lamurâs	λαμυροῦ lamuroû		λαμυροῖν lamuroîn	λαμυραῖν lamuraîn	λαμυροῖν lamuroîn		λαμυρῶν lamurôn	λαμυρῶν lamurôn	λαμυρῶν lamurôn
Dative		λαμυρῷ lamurôi	λαμυρᾷ lamurâi	λαμυρῷ lamurôi		λαμυροῖν lamuroîn	λαμυραῖν lamuraîn	λαμυροῖν lamuroîn		λαμυροῖς lamuroîs	λαμυραῖς lamuraîs	λαμυροῖς lamuroîs
Accusative		λαμυρόν lamurón	λαμυρᾱ́ν lamurā́n	λαμυρόν lamurón		λαμυρώ lamurṓ	λαμυρᾱ́ lamurā́	λαμυρώ lamurṓ		λαμυρούς lamuroús	λαμυρᾱ́ς lamurā́s	λαμυρᾰ́ lamurá
Vocative		λαμυρέ lamuré	λαμυρᾱ́ lamurā́	λαμυρόν lamurón		λαμυρώ lamurṓ	λαμυρᾱ́ lamurā́	λαμυρώ lamurṓ		λαμυροί lamuroí	λαμυραί lamuraí	λαμυρᾰ́ lamurá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λαμυρῶς lamurôs				λαμυρότερος lamuróteros				λαμυρότᾰτος lamurótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λαμυρία (lamuría)
• λαμυρίς (lamurís)

 

Further reading

• “λαμυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαμυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαμυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN