λαψάνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λαμψάνη (lampsánē), λεψάνη (lepsánē)

Etymology

The variants support Pre-Greek origin, while the connection with λάμπω (lámpō, “to lighten, glow”) remains doubtful.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lap.sá.nɛː/ → /lapˈsa.ni/ → /lapˈsa.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lap.sá.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lapˈsa.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lapˈsa.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lapˈsa.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lapˈsa.ni/

Noun

λᾰψᾰ́νη • (lapsánē) f (genitive λᾰψᾰ́νης); first declension

1. charlock (Rhamphospermum arvense, syns. Sinapis arvensis, etc.)

   Synonym: σκύβα (skúba)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λᾰψᾰ́νη; τῆς λᾰψᾰ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰψᾰ́νη hē lapsánē	τὼ λᾰψᾰ́νᾱ tṑ lapsánā	αἱ λᾰψᾰ́ναι hai lapsánai
Genitive	τῆς λᾰψᾰ́νης tês lapsánēs	τοῖν λᾰψᾰ́ναιν toîn lapsánain	τῶν λᾰψᾰνῶν tôn lapsanôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰψᾰ́νῃ têi lapsánēi	τοῖν λᾰψᾰ́ναιν toîn lapsánain	ταῖς λᾰψᾰ́ναις taîs lapsánais
Accusative	τὴν λᾰψᾰ́νην tḕn lapsánēn	τὼ λᾰψᾰ́νᾱ tṑ lapsánā	τᾱ̀ς λᾰψᾰ́νᾱς tā̀s lapsánās
Vocative	λᾰψᾰ́νη lapsánē	λᾰψᾰ́νᾱ lapsánā	λᾰψᾰ́ναι lapsánai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λαψάνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λαψάνη 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