λάττα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Beekes, perhaps from Pre-Greek, due to the presence of the geminates "-ττ-".
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lát.ta/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlat.ta/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlat.ta/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlat.ta/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈla.ta/
Noun
[edit]λάττα • (látta)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: μυῖα (muîa, “fly”).
References
[edit]- “λάττα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: λ