λαμπάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾰ́μπω (lámpō, “shine”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

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 • (lampás) f (genitive λᾰμπᾰ́δος); third declension

1. torch, wax-light, lamp

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λᾰμπᾰ́ς; τῆς λᾰμπᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
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 *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: λαμπάδα (lampáda)
• → Latin: lampas (see there for further 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.