λατύπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾶας (lâas, “stone”) +‎ τυπή (tupḗ, “blow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laː.tý.pɛː/ → /laˈty.pi/ → /laˈti.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /laː.tý.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈty.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈty.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈty.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈti.pi/

Noun

λᾱτῠ́πη • (lātúpē) f (genitive λᾱτῠ́πης); first declension

1. chips of stone in hewing

   Synonym: σκῦρος (skûros)

2. gypsum, lime

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λᾱτῠ́πη; τῆς λᾱτῠ́πης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾱτῠ́πη hē lātúpē	τὼ λᾱτῠ́πᾱ tṑ lātúpā	αἱ λᾱτῠ́παι hai lātúpai
Genitive	τῆς λᾱτῠ́πης tês lātúpēs	τοῖν λᾱτῠ́παιν toîn lātúpain	τῶν λᾱτῠπῶν tôn lātupôn
Dative	τῇ λᾱτῠ́πῃ têi lātúpēi	τοῖν λᾱτῠ́παιν toîn lātúpain	ταῖς λᾱτῠ́παις taîs lātúpais
Accusative	τὴν λᾱτῠ́πην tḕn lātúpēn	τὼ λᾱτῠ́πᾱ tṑ lātúpā	τᾱ̀ς λᾱτῠ́πᾱς tā̀s lātúpās
Vocative	λᾱτῠ́πη lātúpē	λᾱτῠ́πᾱ lātúpā	λᾱτῠ́παι lātúpai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λατυπέω (latupéō)
• λατυπικός (latupikós)

 

Further reading

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