λατύπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾶας (lâas, “stone”) +‎ τυπή (tupḗ, “blow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laː.tý.pɛː/ → /laˈty.pi/ → /laˈti.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /laː.tý.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈty.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈty.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈty.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈti.pi/

Noun

λᾱτῠ́πη • (lātŭ́pē) f (genitive λᾱτῠ́πης); first declension

1. chips of stone in hewing

   Synonym: σκῦρος (skûros)

2. gypsum, lime

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λᾱτῠ́πη; τῆς λᾱτῠ́πης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾱτῠ́πη hē lātŭ́pē	τὼ λᾱτῠ́πᾱ tṑ lātŭ́pā	αἱ λᾱτῠ́παι hai lātŭ́pai
Genitive	τῆς λᾱτῠ́πης tês lātŭ́pēs	τοῖν λᾱτῠ́παιν toîn lātŭ́pain	τῶν λᾱτῠπῶν tôn lātŭpôn
Dative	τῇ λᾱτῠ́πῃ têi lātŭ́pēi	τοῖν λᾱτῠ́παιν toîn lātŭ́pain	ταῖς λᾱτῠ́παις taîs lātŭ́pais
Accusative	τὴν λᾱτῠ́πην tḕn lātŭ́pēn	τὼ λᾱτῠ́πᾱ tṑ lātŭ́pā	τᾱ̀ς λᾱτῠ́πᾱς tā̀s lātŭ́pās
Vocative	λᾱτῠ́πη lātŭ́pē	λᾱτῠ́πᾱ lātŭ́pā	λᾱτῠ́παι lātŭ́pai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λατυπέω (latupéō)
• λατυπικός (latupikós)

Further reading

• “λατύπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λατύπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λατύπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette