λῶρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lōrum (“thong”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɔ̂ː.ros/ → /ˈlo.ros/ → /ˈlo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɔ̂ː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ros/

Noun

λῶρος • (lôros) m (genitive λώρου); second declension

1. lorum, thong

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λῶρος; τοῦ λώρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λῶρος ho lôros	τὼ λώρω tṑ lṓrō	οἱ λῶροι hoi lôroi
Genitive	τοῦ λώρου toû lṓrou	τοῖν λώροιν toîn lṓroin	τῶν λώρων tôn lṓrōn
Dative	τῷ λώρῳ tôi lṓrōi	τοῖν λώροιν toîn lṓroin	τοῖς λώροις toîs lṓrois
Accusative	τὸν λῶρον tòn lôron	τὼ λώρω tṑ lṓrō	τοὺς λώρους toùs lṓrous
Vocative	λῶρε lôre	λώρω lṓrō	λῶροι lôroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λωροκάπιστρον (lōrokápistron)
• λωροτομέω (lōrotoméō)
• λωροτόμος (lōrotómos)

 

Further reading

• “λῶρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λῶρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette