Λοκρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Λοκρός (Lokrós, “Locrian”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lo.krís/ → /loˈkris/ → /loˈkris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lo.krís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /loˈkris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /loˈkris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /loˈkris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /loˈkris/

Proper noun

Λοκρῐ́ς • (Lokrĭ́s) f (genitive Λοκρῐ́δος); third declension

1. Locris (an ancient region of Greece, the homeland of the Locrians, made up of three distinct districts)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Λοκρῐ́ς; τῆς Λοκρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λοκρῐ́ς hē Lokrĭ́s
Genitive	τῆς Λοκρῐ́δος tês Lokrĭ́dos
Dative	τῇ Λοκρῐ́δῐ tēî Lokrĭ́dĭ
Accusative	τὴν Λοκρῐ́δᾰ tḕn Lokrĭ́dă
Vocative	Λοκρῐ́ς Lokrĭ́s
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).

Descendants

• Greek: Λοκρίς (Lokrís); Λοκρίδα (Lokrída)
• Latin: Locris

References

• “Λοκρίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015