λαβύρινθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• 𐀅𐀢𐀪𐀵𐀍 (da-pu₂-ri-to-jo) (Mycenaean)

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare λάβρυς (labrus, “axe”) and λαύρα (laura, “lane, passage”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /labýrintʰos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /labýrintʰos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /laβýrinθos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /lavýrĩθos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /lavíɾiθos/

Noun

λαβύρινθος (genitive λαβυρίνθου) m, second declension; (laburinthos)

1. labyrinth, a building composed of numerous winding halls
2. something obscure, inscrutable
3. coil, tangle

Inflection

Second declension of λαβύρινθος, λαβυρίνθου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	λαβύρινθος	λαβυρίνθω	λαβύρινθοι
Genitive	λαβυρίνθου	λαβυρίνθοιν	λαβυρίνθων
Dative	λαβυρίνθῳ	λαβυρίνθοιν	λαβυρίνθοις
Accusative	λαβύρινθον	λαβυρίνθω	λαβυρίνθους
Vocative	λαβύρινθε	λαβυρίνθω	λαβύρινθοι

Descendants

• English: labyrinth, labyrinthodont
• Russian: лабиринт (labirínt) m

References

• LSJ
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)

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Greek

λαβύρινθος

Noun

λαβύρινθος (lavýrinthos) m,   plural λαβύρινθοι

1. labyrinth (maze)
2. labyrinth (part of inner ear)