λαπαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to λαγαρός (lagarós), πλαδαρός (pladarós) and χαλαρός (khalarós). A basic primary verb may have been retained in ἔλαψα (élapsa, “weakened, destroyed”). It is usually assumed that λαπάσσω (lapássō) is an extension of this, perhaps after μαλάσσω (malássō, “to make soft”). In the sense to destroy, λαπάσσω (lapássō) agrees with ἀλαπάζω (alapázō, “to destroy”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin in view of the prothetic vowel. Close to Albanian laps.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.pa.rós/ → /la.paˈros/ → /la.paˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.pa.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.paˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.paˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.paˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.paˈros/

Adjective

λᾰπᾰρός • (laparós) m (feminine λᾰπᾰρᾱ́, neuter λᾰπᾰρόν); first/second declension

1. slack, loose (of the bowels)
2. hollow

Inflection

First and second declension of λᾰπᾰρός; λᾰπᾰρᾱ́; λᾰπᾰρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λᾰπᾰρός laparós	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ laparā́	λᾰπᾰρόν laparón		λᾰπᾰρώ laparṓ	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ laparā́	λᾰπᾰρώ laparṓ		λᾰπᾰροί laparoí	λᾰπᾰραί laparaí	λᾰπᾰρᾰ́ lapará
Genitive		λᾰπᾰροῦ laparoû	λᾰπᾰρᾶς laparâs	λᾰπᾰροῦ laparoû		λᾰπᾰροῖν laparoîn	λᾰπᾰραῖν laparaîn	λᾰπᾰροῖν laparoîn		λᾰπᾰρῶν laparôn	λᾰπᾰρῶν laparôn	λᾰπᾰρῶν laparôn
Dative		λᾰπᾰρῷ laparôi	λᾰπᾰρᾷ laparâi	λᾰπᾰρῷ laparôi		λᾰπᾰροῖν laparoîn	λᾰπᾰραῖν laparaîn	λᾰπᾰροῖν laparoîn		λᾰπᾰροῖς laparoîs	λᾰπᾰραῖς laparaîs	λᾰπᾰροῖς laparoîs
Accusative		λᾰπᾰρόν laparón	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ν laparā́n	λᾰπᾰρόν laparón		λᾰπᾰρώ laparṓ	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ laparā́	λᾰπᾰρώ laparṓ		λᾰπᾰρούς laparoús	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ς laparā́s	λᾰπᾰρᾰ́ lapará
Vocative		λᾰπᾰρέ laparé	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ laparā́	λᾰπᾰρόν laparón		λᾰπᾰρώ laparṓ	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ laparā́	λᾰπᾰρώ laparṓ		λᾰπᾰροί laparoí	λᾰπᾰραί laparaí	λᾰπᾰρᾰ́ lapará
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λᾰπᾰρῶς laparôs				λᾰπᾰρώτερος laparṓteros				λᾰπᾰρώτᾰτος laparṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λαπακτικός (lapaktikós)
• λάπαξις (lápaxis)
• λαπάρα (lapára)
• λαπαρότης (laparótēs)
• λαπάσσω (lapássō)

 

Further reading

• “λαπαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαπαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαπαρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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