λαμπάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λαμπάδα (lampáda) — Byzantine

Etymology

From λᾰ́μπω (lắmpō, “shine”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lam.pás/ → /lamˈpas/ → /lamˈbas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lam.pás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lamˈpas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lamˈpas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lamˈpas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lamˈbas/

Noun

λᾰμπᾰ́ς • (lămpắs) f (genitive λᾰμπᾰ́δος); third declension

1. torch, wax-light

   Synonyms: γρᾰ́βῐον (grắbĭon), γρῡνός (grūnós), δᾰῐ̈́ς (dăĭ̈́s), δᾰ́ος (dắos), ἑλένη (helénē), λοφνῐ́ς (lophnĭ́s), πᾱνός (pānós), πῠρσός (pŭrsós), φᾰνή (phănḗ), φᾱνός (phānós), φρῠκτός (phrŭktós)

2. lamp

Declension

Third declension of ἡ λᾰμπᾰ́ς; τῆς λᾰμπᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰμπᾰ́ς hē lămpắs	τὼ λᾰμπᾰ́δε tṑ lămpắde	αἱ λᾰμπᾰ́δες hai lămpắdes
Genitive	τῆς λᾰμπᾰ́δος tês lămpắdos	τοῖν λᾰμπᾰ́δοιν toîn lămpắdoin	τῶν λᾰμπᾰ́δων tôn lămpắdōn
Dative	τῇ λᾰμπᾰ́δῐ tēî lămpắdĭ	τοῖν λᾰμπᾰ́δοιν toîn lămpắdoin	ταῖς λᾰμπᾰ́σῐ / λᾰμπᾰ́σῐν taîs lămpắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λᾰμπᾰ́δᾰ tḕn lămpắdă	τὼ λᾰμπᾰ́δε tṑ lămpắde	τᾱ̀ς λᾰμπᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s lămpắdăs
Vocative	λᾰμπᾰ́ς lămpắs	λᾰμπᾰ́δε lămpắde	λᾰμπᾰ́δες lămpắdes
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).

Derived terms

• λαμπαδάρχης (lampadárkhēs)
• λαμπαδείᾱ (lampadeíā)
• λαμπαδεῖον (lampadeîon)
• λαμπαδηδρομίᾱ (lampadēdromíā)
• λαμπαδηφόρος (lampadēphóros)
• λαμπαδίᾱς (lampadíās)
• λαμπαδικός (lampadikós)
• λαμπάδιον (lampádion)
• λαμπαδιστής (lampadistḗs)
• λαμπαδοποιός (lampadopoiós)
• λαμπαδοῦχος (lampadoûkhos)
• λαμπαδοφανῶς (lampadophanôs)
• λαμπαδοφεγγέω (lampadophengéō)
• λαμπαδοφόρος (lampadophóros)
• λαμπαδώδης (lampadṓdēs)

Descendants

• Greek: λαμπάδα (lampáda)
• Mariupol Greek: ламба́дъа (lambáða)
• → Aramaic: [script needed] (lmpd)
• → Coptic: ⲗⲁⲙⲡⲁⲥ (lampas)
• → Latin: lampas (see there for further descendants), lampada (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: լամպար (lampar), լամբար (lambar), ղամպար (łampar), ղամբար (łambar) (via Iranian)
  • → Armenian: լամպար (lampar), լամբար (lambar), ղամպար (ġampar), ղամբար (ġambar) (learned)
  • → Old Georgian: ლამპარი (lamṗari)
    • Georgian: ლამპარი (lamṗari)
• → Old Armenian: լամբատք (lambatkʻ)

Further reading

• “λαμπάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαμπάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαμπάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2985 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• λαμπάς in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • beacon idem, page 66.
  • brand idem, page 93.
  • fire-brand idem, page 322.
  • lamp idem, page 474.
  • procession idem, page 644.
  • sun idem, page 838.
  • torch idem, page 881.