λάω

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Etymology 1

Verb

λᾰ́ω • (láō)

1. to see

Synonyms

• βλέπω (blépō)

Etymology 2

Verb

λᾰ́ω • (láō)

1. to seize, hold

Etymology 3

Verb

λᾰ́ω • (láō)

1. to want

References

• “λάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λάω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λάω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963