λαῖφος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λαίφη (laíphē)

Etymology

Unknown. Furnée unconvincingly compares λαῖφα (laîpha, “shield”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lâi̯.pʰos/ → /ˈlɛ.ɸos/ → /ˈle.fos/

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

Noun

λαῖφος • (laîphos) n (genitive λαίφεος); third declension

1. (poetic) shabby, tattered garment

   Synonyms: ῥάκος (rhákos), τρῦχος (trûkhos)

2. piece of cloth or canvas, sail

Inflection

Third declension of λαῖφος; λαίφεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	λαῖφος laîphos	λαίφει / λαίφεε laíphei / laíphee	λαίφεᾰ laíphea
Genitive	λαίφεος / λαίφευς laípheos / laípheus	λαιφέοιν laiphéoin	λαιφέων laiphéōn
Dative	λαίφει / λαίφεῐ̈ laíphei / laípheï	λαιφέοιν laiphéoin	λαίφεσῐ / λαίφεσῐν laíphesi(n)
Accusative	λαῖφος laîphos	λαίφει / λαίφεε laíphei / laíphee	λαίφεᾰ laíphea
Vocative	λαῖφος laîphos	λαίφει / λαίφεε laíphei / laíphee	λαίφεᾰ laíphea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “λαῖφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαῖφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λαῖφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λαῖφος 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