λύται
See also: Λυταί
Ancient Greek
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Etymology
editAs a term of Byzantine law, translation for the Latin term lytae [1] at Justinian's Constitution omnem, 533, itself a transliteration of the plural of Hellenistic Koine singular λύτης m (lútēs, “who solves puzzles”),[2] from λύ(ω) (lú(ō), “loosen”) + -της (-tēs, a suffix added to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns).
Pronunciation
edit- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈly.tɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈly.te/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.te/
Noun
editλύται • (lútai) m pl (indeclinable) (Koine, Byzatine)
- (in the plural, Byzantine law) law-students who were in their fourth year of study
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λύτης ho lútēs |
τὼ λύτᾱ tṑ lútā |
οἱ λύται hoi lútai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λύτου toû lútou |
τοῖν λύταιν toîn lútain |
τῶν λυτῶν tôn lutôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λύτῃ tôi lútēi |
τοῖν λύταιν toîn lútain |
τοῖς λύταις toîs lútais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λύτην tòn lútēn |
τὼ λύτᾱ tṑ lútā |
τοὺς λύτᾱς toùs lútās | ||||||||||
Vocative | λύτᾰ lúta |
λύτᾱ lútā |
λύται lútai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
edit- προλύται (prolútai, “law students of the fifth year of study”)
References
edit- ^ Oxford reference
- ^ λύτης in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Further reading
edit- “λύται”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λύται”, also see the Latin “lytae”, “prolytae”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011