Lais

See also: Laís

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lais.

Proper noun

Lais (plural Laises)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lais is the 39887^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 550 individuals. Lais is most common among White (85.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lais”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 382.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαΐς (Laḯs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.is/, [ˈɫ̪äːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.is/, [ˈläːis]

Proper noun

Lāis f sg (genitive Lāidos); third declension

1. The name of two famous hetaerae of Corinth

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lāis
Genitive	Lāidos
Dative	Lāidī
Accusative	Lāida
Ablative	Lāide
Vocative	Lāis Lāi1

¹In poetry.

References

• “Lais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lais in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lai̯s/, [lɑɪ̯s]

Noun

Lais

1. plural of Laus