λαπάρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λαπάρη (lapárē) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

Perhaps from λαπαρός (laparós, “slack; hollow”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.pá.raː/ → /laˈpa.ra/ → /laˈpa.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.pá.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈpa.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈpa.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈpa.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈpa.ra/

Noun

λᾰπάρᾱ • (lapárā) f (genitive λᾰπάρᾱς); first declension

1. flank (flesh between the last rib and the hip)

   Synonyms: κενεών (keneṓn), λαγών (lagṓn)

Declension

First declension of ἡ λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ; τῆς λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ hē lapárā	τὼ λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ lapárā	αἱ λᾰπᾰ́ραι hai lapárai
Genitive	τῆς λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱς tês lapárās	τοῖν λᾰπᾰ́ραιν toîn lapárain	τῶν λᾰπᾰρῶν tôn laparôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰπᾰ́ρᾳ têi lapárāi	τοῖν λᾰπᾰ́ραιν toîn lapárain	ταῖς λᾰπᾰ́ραις taîs lapárais
Accusative	τὴν λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱν tḕn lapárān	τὼ λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ tṑ lapárā	τᾱ̀ς λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱς tā̀s lapárās
Vocative	λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ lapárā	λᾰπᾰ́ρᾱ lapárā	λᾰπᾰ́ραι lapárai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• →⇒ English: laparo-

Further reading

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