λαβύρινθος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editUnknown, but Proto-Hellenic *dabúrintʰos can be reconstructed;[1] likely Pre-Greek (whence Mycenaean Greek 𐀅𐁆𐀪𐀵𐀍 (da-phu-ri-to-jo)). Possibly from Lydian 𐤩𐤠𐤡𐤭𐤧𐤳 (lapryš, “double-edged axe”), a royal symbol, as λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos) supposedly originally referred to a Minoan palace on Crete.[2] See also λάβρυς (lábrus, “axe”) and λαύρα (laúra, “lane, passage”). The spelling in Linear B suggests an origin in another language, possibly Minoan.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /la.bý.rin.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /laˈby.rin.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /laˈβy.rin.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /laˈvy.rin.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /laˈvi.rin.θos/
Noun
editλᾰβῠ́ρῐνθος • (labúrinthos) m (genitive λᾰβῠρῐ́νθου); second declension
- A labyrinth, maze; a large building consisting of numerous halls connected by intricate and tortuous passages.
- Something obscure or inscrutable.
- Any wreathed or coiled up body.
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λᾰβῠ́ρῐνθος ho labúrinthos |
τὼ λᾰβῠρῐ́νθω tṑ laburínthō |
οἱ λᾰβῠ́ρῐνθοι hoi labúrinthoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λᾰβῠρῐ́νθου toû laburínthou |
τοῖν λᾰβῠρῐ́νθοιν toîn laburínthoin |
τῶν λᾰβῠρῐ́νθων tôn laburínthōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λᾰβῠρῐ́νθῳ tôi laburínthōi |
τοῖν λᾰβῠρῐ́νθοιν toîn laburínthoin |
τοῖς λᾰβῠρῐ́νθοις toîs laburínthois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λᾰβῠ́ρῐνθον tòn labúrinthon |
τὼ λᾰβῠρῐ́νθω tṑ laburínthō |
τοὺς λᾰβῠρῐ́νθους toùs laburínthous | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾰβῠ́ρῐνθε labúrinthe |
λᾰβῠρῐ́νθω laburínthō |
λᾰβῠ́ρῐνθοι labúrinthoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- → Latin: labyrinthus (see there for further descendants)
- → Greek: λαβύρινθος (lavýrinthos)
- → Russian: лабири́нт (labirínt)
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ “LABYRINTHUS”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Further reading
edit- “λαβύρινθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λαβύρινθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- λαβύρινθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λαβύρινθος 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
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- 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
- “λαβύρινθος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
Greek
editPronunciation
editNoun
editλαβύρινθος • (lavýrinthos) m (plural λαβύρινθοι)
Declension
editDeclension of λαβύρινθος
singular | plural | |
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nominative | λαβύρινθος • | λαβύρινθοι • |
genitive | λαβυρίνθου • | λαβυρίνθων • |
accusative | λαβύρινθο • | λαβυρίνθους • |
vocative | λαβύρινθε • | λαβύρινθοι • |
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