λαπαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to λαγαρός (lagarós), πλαδαρός (pladarós) and χαλαρός (khalarós). A basic primary verb may have been retained in ἔλαψα (élapsa, “weakened, destroyed”). It is usually assumed that λαπάσσω (lapássō) is an extension of this, perhaps after μαλάσσω (malássō, “to make soft”). In the sense to destroy, λαπάσσω (lapássō) agrees with ἀλαπάζω (alapázō, “to destroy”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin in view of the prothetic vowel. Close to Albanian laps.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.pa.rós/ → /la.paˈros/ → /la.paˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.pa.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.paˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.paˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.paˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.paˈros/

Adjective

λᾰπᾰρός • (lăpărós) m (feminine λᾰπᾰρᾱ́, neuter λᾰπᾰρόν); first/second declension

1. slack, loose (of the bowels)
2. hollow

Inflection

First and second declension of λᾰπᾰρός; λᾰπᾰρᾱ́; λᾰπᾰρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λᾰπᾰρός lăpărós	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ lăpărā́	λᾰπᾰρόν lăpărón		λᾰπᾰρώ lăpărṓ	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ lăpărā́	λᾰπᾰρώ lăpărṓ		λᾰπᾰροί lăpăroí	λᾰπᾰραί lăpăraí	λᾰπᾰρᾰ́ lăpărắ
Genitive		λᾰπᾰροῦ lăpăroû	λᾰπᾰρᾶς lăpărâs	λᾰπᾰροῦ lăpăroû		λᾰπᾰροῖν lăpăroîn	λᾰπᾰραῖν lăpăraîn	λᾰπᾰροῖν lăpăroîn		λᾰπᾰρῶν lăpărôn	λᾰπᾰρῶν lăpărôn	λᾰπᾰρῶν lăpărôn
Dative		λᾰπᾰρῷ lăpărōî	λᾰπᾰρᾷ lăpărāî	λᾰπᾰρῷ lăpărōî		λᾰπᾰροῖν lăpăroîn	λᾰπᾰραῖν lăpăraîn	λᾰπᾰροῖν lăpăroîn		λᾰπᾰροῖς lăpăroîs	λᾰπᾰραῖς lăpăraîs	λᾰπᾰροῖς lăpăroîs
Accusative		λᾰπᾰρόν lăpărón	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ν lăpărā́n	λᾰπᾰρόν lăpărón		λᾰπᾰρώ lăpărṓ	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ lăpărā́	λᾰπᾰρώ lăpărṓ		λᾰπᾰρούς lăpăroús	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ς lăpărā́s	λᾰπᾰρᾰ́ lăpărắ
Vocative		λᾰπᾰρέ lăpăré	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ lăpărā́	λᾰπᾰρόν lăpărón		λᾰπᾰρώ lăpărṓ	λᾰπᾰρᾱ́ lăpărā́	λᾰπᾰρώ lăpărṓ		λᾰπᾰροί lăpăroí	λᾰπᾰραί lăpăraí	λᾰπᾰρᾰ́ lăpărắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λᾰπᾰρῶς lăpărôs				λᾰπᾰρώτερος lăpărṓteros				λᾰπᾰρώτᾰτος lăpărṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λαπακτικός (lapaktikós)
• λάπαξις (lápaxis)
• λαπάρα (lapára)
• λαπαρότης (laparótēs)
• λαπάσσω (lapássō)

Further reading

• “λαπαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαπαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαπαρός 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