λᾶας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λᾶος (lâos)
• λᾶς (lâs) — Attic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀨𐀁𐀊 (ra-e-ja, “stone”), Proto-Albanian *laurā (Albanian lerë (“boulder”)), Proto-Celtic *lausā (“stone”) (whence also Proto-Celtic *līwos (“stone”) and Old Irish lie (“stone”)) and possibly Old Armenian լեառն (leaṙn, “mountain”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lâː.as/ → /ˈla.as/ → /ˈla.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lâː.as/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈla.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.as/

Noun

λᾶᾰς • (lâas) m or f (genitive λᾶος); third declension

1. stone

   Synonym: λίθος (líthos)

Declension

Irregular declension of ὁ, ἡ λᾶᾰς; τοῦ, τῆς λᾶος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ λᾶᾰς ho, hē lâas	τὼ λᾶε tṑ lâe	οἱ, αἱ λᾶες hoi, hai lâes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς λᾶος toû, tês lâos	—	τῶν λᾱ́ων tôn lā́ōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ λᾶϊ tôi, têi lâï	—	τοῖς, ταῖς λᾱ́εσῐ / λᾱ́εσσῐ / λᾱ́εσῐν / λᾱ́εσσῐν toîs, taîs lā́es(s)i / lā́es(s)in
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν λᾶα / λᾶαν tòn, tḕn lâa(n)	τὼ λᾶε tṑ lâe	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς λᾶας toùs, tā̀s lâas
Vocative	λᾶᾰς lâas	λᾶε lâe	λᾶες lâes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λᾱ́ϊνος (lā́ïnos)
• λᾱτομίᾱ (lātomíā)
• λᾱτύπη (lātúpē)

 

Descendants

• →⇒ Translingual: Laonastes

Further reading

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