λάτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Egyptian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lá.tos/ → /ˈla.tos/ → /ˈla.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lá.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tos/

Noun

λᾰ́τος • (látos) m (genitive λᾰ́του); second declension

1. Nile perch (Lates niloticus)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λᾰ́τος; τοῦ λᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λᾰ́τος ho látos	τὼ λᾰ́τω tṑ látō	οἱ λᾰ́τοι hoi látoi
Genitive	τοῦ λᾰ́του toû látou	τοῖν λᾰ́τοιν toîn látoin	τῶν λᾰ́των tôn látōn
Dative	τῷ λᾰ́τῳ tôi látōi	τοῖν λᾰ́τοιν toîn látoin	τοῖς λᾰ́τοις toîs látois
Accusative	τὸν λᾰ́τον tòn láton	τὼ λᾰ́τω tṑ látō	τοὺς λᾰ́τους toùs látous
Vocative	λᾰ́τε láte	λᾰ́τω látō	λᾰ́τοι látoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λᾰτόπολῐς (Latópolis)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Lates

Further reading

• “λάτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λάτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette