λαός
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Hellenic *lāwós, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂wos (“people (under arms)”), from *leh₂w- (“military action”).[1] Cognate with Hittite 𒆷𒄴𒄩𒀸 (laḫḫa-, “campaign”) and Phrygian λαϝαγταει (lawagtaei).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /laː.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /laˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /laˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /laˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /laˈos/
Noun edit
λᾱός • (lāós) m (genitive λᾱοῦ); second declension
- people, people assembled, the people of a country
- the soldiers
- common people (as opposed to leaders or priests); the subjects of a prince
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
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Nominative | ὁ λᾱός ho lāós |
τὼ λᾱώ tṑ lāṓ |
οἱ λᾱοί hoi lāoí |
Genitive | τοῦ λᾱοῦ toû lāoû |
τοῖν λᾱοῖν toîn lāoîn |
τῶν λᾱῶν tôn lāôn |
Dative | τῷ λᾱῷ tôi lāôi |
τοῖν λᾱοῖν toîn lāoîn |
τοῖς λᾱοῖς toîs lāoîs |
Accusative | τὸν λᾱόν tòn lāón |
τὼ λᾱώ tṑ lāṓ |
τοὺς λᾱούς toùs lāoús |
Vocative | λᾱέ lāé |
λᾱώ lāṓ |
λᾱοί lāoí |
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λᾱός ho lāós |
τὼ λᾱώ tṑ lāṓ |
τοὶ λᾱοί toì lāoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λᾱοῖο toû lāoîo |
τοῖν λᾱοῖν toîn lāoîn |
τῶν λᾱῶν tôn lāôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λᾱῷ tôi lāôi |
τοῖν λᾱοῖν toîn lāoîn |
τοῖς λᾱοῖς toîs lāoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λᾱόν tòn lāón |
τὼ λᾱώ tṑ lāṓ |
τοὺς λᾱούς toùs lāoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾱέ lāé |
λᾱώ lāṓ |
λᾱοί lāoí | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | λᾱός lāós |
λᾱώ lāṓ |
λᾱοί lāoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | λᾱοῦ / λᾱοῖο / λᾱόο lāoû / lāoîo / lāóo |
λᾱοῖῐν lāoîin |
λᾱῶν lāôn | ||||||||||
Dative | λᾱῷ lāôi |
λᾱοῖῐν lāoîin |
λᾱοῖσῐ / λᾱοῖσῐν / λᾱοῖς lāoîsi(n) / lāoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | λᾱόν lāón |
λᾱώ lāṓ |
λᾱούς lāoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾱέ lāé |
λᾱώ lāṓ |
λᾱοί lāoí | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms edit
- Ἀγέλᾱος (Agélāos)
- Ἀγησίλᾱος (Agēsílāos)
- Αἰτωλός (Aitōlós)
- Ἑρμόλᾱος (Hermólāos)
- λειτουργός (leitourgós)
- Λεωσθένης (Leōsthénēs)
- Λεωτῠχῐ́δης (Leōtukhídēs)
- λήϊτον (lḗïton)
- Λᾱέρτης (Lāértēs)
- λᾱϊκός (lāïkós)
- Λᾱοθόη (Lāothóē)
- Λᾱομέδων (Lāomédōn)
- Μενέλᾱος (Menélāos)
- Νῑκόλᾱος (Nīkólāos)
- Πρωτεσῐ́λᾱος (Prōtesílāos)
- Σθενέλᾱος (Sthenélāos)
- Φιλόλᾱος (Philólāos)
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Douglas & Adams
Further reading edit
- “λαός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λαός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “λαός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λαός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λαός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “λαός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2992 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 31a
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek λαός (laós).
Noun edit
- people, the mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
Declension edit
declension of λαός
Descendants edit
→ Aromanian: lao