Larissa

English

Alternative forms

• Larisa ( the city; the female name)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈɹɪsə/

Proper noun

Larissa

1. A city in north-central Greece, the capital of Thessaly.
2. (Greek mythology) A nymph with a local cult near the city of Larissa.
3. A female given name (after the mythological character and a 4th century Greek Orthodox martyr).
4. (astronomy) A moon of Neptune.

Related terms

• female given name: Lara

Translations

the city in Greece

• French: Lárissa
• Greek: Λάρισα (el) f (Lárisa), Λάρισα (el) f (Lárisa)

  Ancient: Λᾱ́ρισσα f (Lā́rissa)

• Japanese: ラリサ (Rarisa)
• Latin: Larissa
• Russian: Ла́риса (ru) f (Lárisa), Лари́са (ru) f (Larísa)

female given name

• Belarusian: Лары́са f (Larýsa)
• German: Larissa (de)

• Russian: Лари́са (ru) f (Larísa)

See also

• Wikipedia article on Larissa, the city
• Wikipedia on Larissa, the mythological character

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Finnish

Proper noun

Larissa

1. Inessive singular form of Lari.

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German

Proper noun

Larissa

1. A female given name borrowed from Russian in the 20th century.

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).

Proper noun

Larissa f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Larissa
2. Larissa (a city, the regional capital of Thessaly, Greece)

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Lārīsa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).

Proper noun

Lārissa f (genitive Lārissae); first declension

1. Larissa

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
nominative	Lārissa
genitive	Lārissae
dative	Lārissae
accusative	Lārissam
ablative	Lārissā
vocative	Lārissa
locative	Lārissae

References

• Larissa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Larissa” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Larissa f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Larissa
2. Larissa (a city, the regional capital of Thessaly, Greece)