λαῖλαψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Pre-Greek, with intensive reduplication.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lâi̯.laps/ → /ˈlɛ.laps/ → /ˈle.laps/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lâi̯.laps/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.laps/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.laps/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.laps/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈle.laps/

Noun

λαῖλᾰψ • (laîlaps) f (genitive λαίλᾰπος); third declension

1. whirlwind, tornado

Declension

Third declension of ἡ λαῖλᾰψ; τῆς λαίλᾰπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λαῖλᾰψ hē laîlaps	τὼ λαίλᾰπε tṑ laílape	αἱ λαίλᾰπες hai laílapes
Genitive	τῆς λαίλᾰπος tês laílapos	τοῖν λαιλᾰ́ποιν toîn lailápoin	τῶν λαιλᾰ́πων tôn lailápōn
Dative	τῇ λαίλᾰπῐ têi laílapi	τοῖν λαιλᾰ́ποιν toîn lailápoin	ταῖς λαίλᾰψῐ / λαίλᾰψῐν taîs laílapsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν λαίλᾰπᾰ tḕn laílapa	τὼ λαίλᾰπε tṑ laílape	τᾱ̀ς λαίλᾰπᾰς tā̀s laílapas
Vocative	λαῖλᾰψ laîlaps	λαίλᾰπε laílape	λαίλᾰπες laílapes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λαιλαπετός (lailapetós)
• λαιλαπίζω (lailapízō)
• λαιλαπώδης (lailapṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: λαίλαπα (laílapa)
• → Translingual: Laelaps

Further reading

• “λαῖλαψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαῖλαψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λαῖλαψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λαῖλαψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “λαῖλαψ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• 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