λίσπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lís.pos/ → /ˈlis.pos/ → /ˈlis.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lís.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.pos/

Adjective

λῐ́σπος • (líspos) m (feminine λῐ́σπη, neuter λῐ́σπον); first/second declension

1. smooth, polished

   Synonym: λεῖος (leîos)

2. (substantive, in the plural) dice, cut in two by friends, each of whom kept half as tallies, so that the reality of the bond could at any time be proved by producing them

Declension

First and second declension of λῐ́σπος; λῐ́σπη; λῐ́σπον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λῐ́σπος líspos	λῐ́σπη líspē	λῐ́σπον líspon		λῐ́σπω líspō	λῐ́σπᾱ líspā	λῐ́σπω líspō		λῐ́σποι líspoi	λῐ́σπαι líspai	λῐ́σπᾰ líspa
Genitive		λῐ́σπου líspou	λῐ́σπης líspēs	λῐ́σπου líspou		λῐ́σποιν líspoin	λῐ́σπαιν líspain	λῐ́σποιν líspoin		λῐ́σπων líspōn	λῐ́σπων líspōn	λῐ́σπων líspōn
Dative		λῐ́σπῳ líspōi	λῐ́σπῃ líspēi	λῐ́σπῳ líspōi		λῐ́σποιν líspoin	λῐ́σπαιν líspain	λῐ́σποιν líspoin		λῐ́σποις líspois	λῐ́σπαις líspais	λῐ́σποις líspois
Accusative		λῐ́σπον líspon	λῐ́σπην líspēn	λῐ́σπον líspon		λῐ́σπω líspō	λῐ́σπᾱ líspā	λῐ́σπω líspō		λῐ́σπους líspous	λῐ́σπᾱς líspās	λῐ́σπᾰ líspa
Vocative		λῐ́σπε líspe	λῐ́σπη líspē	λῐ́σπον líspon		λῐ́σπω líspō	λῐ́σπᾱ líspā	λῐ́σπω líspō		λῐ́σποι líspoi	λῐ́σπαι líspai	λῐ́σπᾰ líspa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λῐ́σπως líspōs				λῐσπότερος lispóteros				λῐσπότᾰτος lispótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λίσπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λίσπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λίσπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λίσπος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften