Lais

See also: Laís

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lais.

Proper noun

Lais (plural Laises)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lais is the 39887^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 550 individuals. Lais is most common among White (85.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lais”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 382.

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Latin

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαΐς (Laḯs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.is/, [ˈɫ̪äːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.is/, [ˈläːis]

Proper noun

Lāis f sg (genitive Lāidis); third declension

1. The name of two famous hetaerae of Corinth

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lāis
Genitive	Lāidis
Dative	Lāidī
Accusative	Lāidem
Ablative	Lāide
Vocative	Lāis

References

• “Lais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lais in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lai̯s/, [lɑɪ̯s]

Noun

Lais

1. plural of Laus