λαῖλαψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λᾱ́λᾰβῐς (lā́lăbĭs)
• λαῖλᾰμψ (laîlămps)
• λαίλᾰπᾰς (laílăpăs) — Byzantine

Etymology

Probably from Pre-Greek, with intensive reduplication.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lâi̯.laps/ → /ˈlɛ.laps/ → /ˈle.laps/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lâi̯.laps/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.laps/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.laps/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.laps/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈle.laps/

Noun

λαῖλᾰψ • (laîlăps) f (genitive λαίλᾰπος); third declension

1. whirlwind, tornado, vortex

   Synonym: βέμβιξ (bémbix)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ λαῖλᾰψ; τῆς λαίλᾰπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λαῖλᾰψ hē laîlăps	τὼ λαίλᾰπε tṑ laílăpe	αἱ λαίλᾰπες hai laílăpes
Genitive	τῆς λαίλᾰπος tês laílăpos	τοῖν λαιλᾰ́ποιν toîn lailắpoin	τῶν λαιλᾰ́πων tôn lailắpōn
Dative	τῇ λαίλᾰπῐ tēî laílăpĭ	τοῖν λαιλᾰ́ποιν toîn lailắpoin	ταῖς λαίλᾰψῐ / λαίλᾰψῐν taîs laílăpsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λαίλᾰπᾰ tḕn laílăpă	τὼ λαίλᾰπε tṑ laílăpe	τᾱ̀ς λαίλᾰπᾰς tā̀s laílăpăs
Vocative	λαῖλᾰψ laîlăps	λαίλᾰπε laílăpe	λαίλᾰπες laílăpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λαιλᾰπετός (lailăpetós)
• λαιλᾰπῐ́ζω (lailăpĭ́zō)
• λαιλᾰπώδης (lailăpṓdēs)
• λαιλᾰφέτης (lailăphétēs)
• χρημᾰτολαῖλᾰψ (khrēmătolaîlăps)

Descendants

• Greek: λαίλαπα (laílapa)
• → Translingual: Laelaps

Further reading

• “λαῖλαψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαῖλαψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λαῖλαψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λαῖλαψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “λαῖλαψ”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• 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