λαθραῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to escape notice”) +‎ -αῖος (-aîos, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.tʰrâi̯.os/ → /laˈθrɛ.os/ → /laˈθre.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.tʰrâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈtʰrɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈθrɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈθre.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈθre.os/

Adjective

λᾰθραῖος • (lathraîos) m (feminine λᾰθραίᾱ, neuter λᾰθραῖον); first/second declension

1. secret, clandestine

Declension

First and second declension of λᾰθραῖος; λᾰθραίᾱ; λᾰθραῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λᾰθραῖος lathraîos	λᾰθραίᾱ lathraíā	λᾰθραῖον lathraîon		λᾰθραίω lathraíō	λᾰθραίᾱ lathraíā	λᾰθραίω lathraíō		λᾰθραῖοι lathraîoi	λᾰθραῖαι lathraîai	λᾰθραῖᾰ lathraîa
Genitive		λᾰθραίου lathraíou	λᾰθραίᾱς lathraíās	λᾰθραίου lathraíou		λᾰθραίοιν lathraíoin	λᾰθραίαιν lathraíain	λᾰθραίοιν lathraíoin		λᾰθραίων lathraíōn	λᾰθραίων lathraíōn	λᾰθραίων lathraíōn
Dative		λᾰθραίῳ lathraíōi	λᾰθραίᾳ lathraíāi	λᾰθραίῳ lathraíōi		λᾰθραίοιν lathraíoin	λᾰθραίαιν lathraíain	λᾰθραίοιν lathraíoin		λᾰθραίοις lathraíois	λᾰθραίαις lathraíais	λᾰθραίοις lathraíois
Accusative		λᾰθραῖον lathraîon	λᾰθραίᾱν lathraíān	λᾰθραῖον lathraîon		λᾰθραίω lathraíō	λᾰθραίᾱ lathraíā	λᾰθραίω lathraíō		λᾰθραίους lathraíous	λᾰθραίᾱς lathraíās	λᾰθραῖᾰ lathraîa
Vocative		λᾰθραῖε lathraîe	λᾰθραίᾱ lathraíā	λᾰθραῖον lathraîon		λᾰθραίω lathraíō	λᾰθραίᾱ lathraíā	λᾰθραίω lathraíō		λᾰθραῖοι lathraîoi	λᾰθραῖαι lathraîai	λᾰθραῖᾰ lathraîa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λᾰθραίως lathraíōs				λᾰθραιότερος lathraióteros				λᾰθραιότᾰτος lathraiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λᾰθραιόκοιτος (lathraiókoitos)
• λᾰθραιοπρᾱγέω (lathraioprāgéō)

 

Further reading

• “λαθραῖς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαθραῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λαθραῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette