λαισήϊον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from λάσιος (lásios, “shaggy, woolly”), because of the fluttering apron of untanned leather hanging from the shield. Furnée compares λαῖτα (laîta, “shield”), λαίδας (laídas, “shield made of a hide”), as well as λῆδος (lêdos, “light summer dress”), although the latter is not very convincing. If the comparison is correct, the word must be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lai̯.sɛ̌ː.i.on/ → /lɛˈsi.i.on/ → /leˈsi.i.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lai̯.sɛ̌ː.i.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lɛˈse̝.i.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lɛˈsi.i.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /leˈsi.i.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /leˈsi.i.on/

Noun

λαισήϊον • (laisḗïon) n (genitive λαισηΐου); second declension

1. kind of light shield made of raw skins

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λαισήϊον; τοῦ λαισηΐου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λαισήϊον tò laisḗïon	τὼ λαισηΐω tṑ laisēḯō	τᾰ̀ λαισήϊᾰ tà laisḗïa
Genitive	τοῦ λαισηΐου toû laisēḯou	τοῖν λαισηΐοιν toîn laisēḯoin	τῶν λαισηΐων tôn laisēḯōn
Dative	τῷ λαισηΐῳ tôi laisēḯōi	τοῖν λαισηΐοιν toîn laisēḯoin	τοῖς λαισηΐοις toîs laisēḯois
Accusative	τὸ λαισήϊον tò laisḗïon	τὼ λαισηΐω tṑ laisēḯō	τᾰ̀ λαισήϊᾰ tà laisḗïa
Vocative	λαισήϊον laisḗïon	λαισηΐω laisēḯō	λαισήϊᾰ laisḗïa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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