λαθραῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾰ́θρῃ (lắthrēi, “secretly”) +‎ -αῖος (-aîos, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.tʰrâi̯.os/ → /laˈθrɛ.os/ → /laˈθre.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.tʰrâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈtʰrɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈθrɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈθre.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈθre.os/

Adjective

λᾰθραῖος • (lăthraîos) m (feminine λᾰθραίᾱ, neuter λᾰθραῖον); first/second declension

1. secret; clandestine

Declension

First and second declension of λᾰθραῖος; λᾰθραίᾱ; λᾰθραῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λᾰθραῖος lăthraîos	λᾰθραίᾱ lăthraíā	λᾰθραῖον lăthraîon		λᾰθραίω lăthraíō	λᾰθραίᾱ lăthraíā	λᾰθραίω lăthraíō		λᾰθραῖοι lăthraîoi	λᾰθραῖαι lăthraîai	λᾰθραῖᾰ lăthraîă
Genitive		λᾰθραίου lăthraíou	λᾰθραίᾱς lăthraíās	λᾰθραίου lăthraíou		λᾰθραίοιν lăthraíoin	λᾰθραίαιν lăthraíain	λᾰθραίοιν lăthraíoin		λᾰθραίων lăthraíōn	λᾰθραίων lăthraíōn	λᾰθραίων lăthraíōn
Dative		λᾰθραίῳ lăthraíōi	λᾰθραίᾳ lăthraíāi	λᾰθραίῳ lăthraíōi		λᾰθραίοιν lăthraíoin	λᾰθραίαιν lăthraíain	λᾰθραίοιν lăthraíoin		λᾰθραίοις lăthraíois	λᾰθραίαις lăthraíais	λᾰθραίοις lăthraíois
Accusative		λᾰθραῖον lăthraîon	λᾰθραίᾱν lăthraíān	λᾰθραῖον lăthraîon		λᾰθραίω lăthraíō	λᾰθραίᾱ lăthraíā	λᾰθραίω lăthraíō		λᾰθραίους lăthraíous	λᾰθραίᾱς lăthraíās	λᾰθραῖᾰ lăthraîă
Vocative		λᾰθραῖε lăthraîe	λᾰθραίᾱ lăthraíā	λᾰθραῖον lăthraîon		λᾰθραίω lăthraíō	λᾰθραίᾱ lăthraíā	λᾰθραίω lăthraíō		λᾰθραῖοι lăthraîoi	λᾰθραῖαι lăthraîai	λᾰθραῖᾰ lăthraîă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λᾰθραίως lăthraíōs				λᾰθραιότερος lăthraióteros				λᾰθραιότᾰτος lăthraiótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λᾰθραιόκοιτος (lăthraiókoitos)
• λᾰθραιοπρᾱγέω (lăthraioprāgéō)
• λᾰθροδῐδᾰσκᾰλέω (lăthrodĭdăskăléō)
• νῠκτῐλᾰθραιοφᾰ́γος (nŭktĭlăthraiophắgos)

Further reading

• “λαθραῖς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαθραῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαθραῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette