λαύρα

See also: Λαύρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λαύρη (laúrē) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

Of Pre-Greek origin, according to Beekes.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lǎu̯.raː/ → /ˈla.βra/ → /ˈla.vra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lǎu̯.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlaw.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.βra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.vra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.vra/

Noun

λαύρᾱ • (laúrā) f (genitive λαύρᾱς); first declension

1. alley, lane, passage
2. bazaar
3. avenue
4. block of houses surrounded by streets, ward, town quarter
5. (in the plural) privy, sewer

Declension

First declension of ἡ λαύρᾱ; τῆς λαύρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λαύρᾱ hē laúrā	τὼ λαύρᾱ tṑ laúrā	αἱ λαῦραι hai laûrai
Genitive	τῆς λαύρᾱς tês laúrās	τοῖν λαύραιν toîn laúrain	τῶν λαυρῶν tôn laurôn
Dative	τῇ λαύρᾳ têi laúrāi	τοῖν λαύραιν toîn laúrain	ταῖς λαύραις taîs laúrais
Accusative	τὴν λαύρᾱν tḕn laúrān	τὼ λαύρᾱ tṑ laúrā	τᾱ̀ς λαύρᾱς tā̀s laúrās
Vocative	λαύρᾱ laúrā	λαύρᾱ laúrā	λαῦραι laûrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (city block): ἄμφοδον (ámphodon)

Derived terms

• λαυροστᾰ́ται (laurostátai)

Descendants

• → Late Latin: laura
  • → English: laura
  • → Italian: laura
  • → Sicilian: laura

References

• “λαύρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαύρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαύρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “λαύρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alley idem, page 25.