Λάρισα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Λᾱ́ρισσᾰ (Lā́rissa)

Etymology

The name Larissa (Λάρισα Lárīsa) is in origin a Pelasgian (pre-Greek) word for "fortress". There were many ancient Greek cities with this name.[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lǎː.riː.sa/ → /ˈla.ri.sa/ → /ˈla.ri.sa/

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

Proper noun

Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ • (Lā́rīsa) f (genitive Λᾱρῑ́σης); first declension

1. Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ; τῆς Λᾱρῑ́σης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ hē Lā́rīsa
Genitive	τῆς Λᾱρῑ́σης tês Lārī́sēs
Dative	τῇ Λᾱρῑ́σῃ têi Lārī́sēi
Accusative	τὴν Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰν tḕn Lā́rīsan
Vocative	Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ Lā́rīsa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λᾱρῑσαῖος (Lārīsaîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Λάρισα (Lárisa)
• Latin: Lārissa

References

• “Λάρισα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Λάρισα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Λάρισα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λάρισα (Lárisa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlarisa/

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• Hyphenation: Λά‧ρι‧σα

Proper noun

Λάρισα • (Lárisa) f

1. Larissa (fifth largest city in Greece)

Declension

  Λάρισα

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Λάρισα •
genitive	Λάρισας •
accusative	Λάρισα •
vocative	Λάρισα •
Less common genitive: Λαρίσης

Derived terms

• Λαρισαίος m (Larisaíos, “male from Larissa”)
• Λαρισινός m (Larisinós, “male from Larissa”)
• Λαρισαία f (Larisaía, “female from Larissa”)
• Λαρισινή f (Larisiní, “female from Larissa”)
• λαρισαϊκός (larisaïkós) (adjective)
• λαρισινός (larisinós) (adjective)

Further reading

• Λάρισα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el