λαμπάς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λᾰ́μπω (lámpō, “shine”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lam.pás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lamˈpas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lamˈpas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lamˈpas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lamˈbas/
Noun
λᾰμπᾰ́ς • (lampás) f (genitive λᾰμπᾰ́δος); third declension
- torch, wax-light, lamp
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λᾰμπᾰ́ς hē lampás |
τὼ λᾰμπᾰ́δε tṑ lampáde |
αἱ λᾰμπᾰ́δες hai lampádes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λᾰμπᾰ́δος tês lampádos |
τοῖν λᾰμπᾰ́δοιν toîn lampádoin |
τῶν λᾰμπᾰ́δων tôn lampádōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λᾰμπᾰ́δῐ têi lampádi |
τοῖν λᾰμπᾰ́δοιν toîn lampádoin |
ταῖς λᾰμπᾰ́σῐ / λᾰμπᾰ́σῐν taîs lampási(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λᾰμπᾰ́δᾰ tḕn lampáda |
τὼ λᾰμπᾰ́δε tṑ lampáde |
τᾱ̀ς λᾰμπᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s lampádas | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾰμπᾰ́ς lampás |
λᾰμπᾰ́δε lampáde |
λᾰμπᾰ́δες lampádes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
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.