λαισήϊον
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editTraditionally derived from λάσιος (lásios, “shaggy, woolly”), because of the fluttering apron of untanned leather hanging from the shield. Furnée compares λαῖτα (laîta, “shield”), λαίδας (laídas, “shield made of a hide”), as well as λῆδος (lêdos, “light summer dress”), although the latter is not very convincing. If the comparison is correct, the word must be Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lai̯.sɛ̌ː.i.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lɛˈse̝.i.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lɛˈsi.i.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /leˈsi.i.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /leˈsi.i.on/
Noun
editλαισήϊον • (laisḗïon) n (genitive λαισηΐου); second declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ λαισήϊον tò laisḗïon |
τὼ λαισηΐω tṑ laisēḯō |
τᾰ̀ λαισήϊᾰ tà laisḗïa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λαισηΐου toû laisēḯou |
τοῖν λαισηΐοιν toîn laisēḯoin |
τῶν λαισηΐων tôn laisēḯōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λαισηΐῳ tôi laisēḯōi |
τοῖν λαισηΐοιν toîn laisēḯoin |
τοῖς λαισηΐοις toîs laisēḯois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ λαισήϊον tò laisḗïon |
τὼ λαισηΐω tṑ laisēḯō |
τᾰ̀ λαισήϊᾰ tà laisḗïa | ||||||||||
Vocative | λαισήϊον laisḗïon |
λαισηΐω laisēḯō |
λαισήϊᾰ laisḗïa | ||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “λαισήϊον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λαισήϊον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λαισήϊον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
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- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension