προλύται

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προ- (pro-) +‎ λύται (lútai, “fourth-year law students”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.lý.tai̯/ → /proˈly.tɛ/ → /proˈli.te/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.lý.tai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /proˈly.tɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /proˈly.tɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /proˈly.te/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /proˈli.te/

Noun

προλύται • (prolútai) m (genitive προλῠτῶν); first declension

1. law students who were in their fifth year of study

Declension

First declension of οἱ προλῠταί; τῶν προλῠτῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ προλῠταί hoi prolutaí
Genitive	τῶν προλῠτῶν tôn prolutôn
Dative	τοῖς προλῠταῖς toîs prolutaîs
Accusative	τοὺς προλῠτᾱ́ς toùs prolutā́s
Vocative	προλῠταί prolutaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “προλύται”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “προλύται”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press