λακέτας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾱκέω (lākéō, “to crack, crackle”) +‎ -τᾱς (-tās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laː.ké.taːs/ → /laˈce.tas/ → /laˈce.tas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /laː.ké.taːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈke.tas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈce.tas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈce.tas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈce.tas/

Noun

λᾱκέτᾱς • (lākétās) m (genitive λᾱκέτᾱ); first declension (Doric)

1. cicada

   Synonym: τέττῑξ (téttīx)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ λᾱκέτᾱς; τοῦ λᾱκέτᾱ (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λᾱκέτᾱς ho lākétās	τὼ λᾱκέτᾱ tṑ lākétā	τοὶ λᾱκέται toì lākétai
Genitive	τοῦ λᾱκέτᾱ toû lākétā	τοῖν λᾱκέταιν toîn lākétain	τῶν λᾱκετᾶν tôn lāketân
Dative	τῷ λᾱκέτᾳ tôi lākétāi	τοῖν λᾱκέταιν toîn lākétain	τοῖς λᾱκέταις toîs lākétais
Accusative	τὸν λᾱκέτᾱν tòn lākétān	τὼ λᾱκέτᾱ tṑ lākétā	τοὺς λᾱκέτᾱς toùs lākétās
Vocative	λᾱκέτᾱ lākétā	λᾱκέτᾱ lākétā	λᾱκέται lākétai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Lacetas

Further reading

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