λάσταυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin together with λάσται (lástai, “whores”) and λαίσιτος (laísitos, “cinaedus”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lás.tau̯.ros/ → /ˈlas.ta.βros/ → /ˈlas.ta.vros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lás.tau̯.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlas.taw.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlas.ta.βros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlas.ta.vros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlas.ta.vros/

Noun

λᾰ́σταυρος • (lástauros) m (genitive λᾰσταύρου); second declension

1. catamite, cinaedus, debauchee

   Synonyms: βάταλος (bátalos), κίναιδος (kínaidos), μαρικᾶς (marikâs)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λᾰ́σταυρος; τοῦ λᾰσταύρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λᾰ́σταυρος ho lástauros	τὼ λᾰσταύρω tṑ lastaúrō	οἱ λᾰ́σταυροι hoi lástauroi
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰσταύρου toû lastaúrou	τοῖν λᾰσταύροιν toîn lastaúroin	τῶν λᾰσταύρων tôn lastaúrōn
Dative	τῷ λᾰσταύρῳ tôi lastaúrōi	τοῖν λᾰσταύροιν toîn lastaúroin	τοῖς λᾰσταύροις toîs lastaúrois
Accusative	τὸν λᾰ́σταυρον tòn lástauron	τὼ λᾰσταύρω tṑ lastaúrō	τοὺς λᾰσταύρους toùs lastaúrous
Vocative	λᾰ́σταυρε lástaure	λᾰσταύρω lastaúrō	λᾰ́σταυροι lástauroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἡμιλάσταυρος (hēmilástauros)
• λασταυροκάκκαβον (lastaurokákkabon)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: lastaurus

Further reading

• “λάσταυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λάσταυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN