λάμβδα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lámb.da/ → /ˈlamb.ða/ → /ˈlamb.ða/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lámb.da/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlamb.da/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlamb.ða/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlamb.ða/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlamb.ða/

Noun

λᾰ́μβδᾰ • (lámbda) n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of λάβδα (lábda)
   • 391 BCE, Aristophanes, Assemblywomen 920
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 514b.18

References

• “λάμβδα, λαμβδοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Noun

λάμβδα • (lámvda) n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of λάμδα (lámda)