Λιπάρα

See also: λιπαρά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Liparus, name of a mythical founder, which could be of local substrate origin.[1] However, compare λιπαρός (liparós, “rich, fat”), which could have been a nickname.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱ • (Lipárā) f (genitive Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱς); first declension

  1. Lipari, Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱ; τῆς Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱ
hē Lipárā
Genitive τῆς Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱς
tês Lipárās
Dative τῇ Λῐπᾰ́ρᾳ
têi Lipárāi
Accusative τὴν Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱν
tḕn Lipárān
Vocative Λῐπᾰ́ρᾱ
Lipárā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Λῐπᾰραῖος (Liparaîos)

Descendants
  • Greek: Λιπάρα f (Lipára, “Lipara”)

References
  • “Λιπάρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Λιπάρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
  1. Leighton, Robert (2014): Morgantina Studies, Volume IV: The Protohistoric Settlement on the Cittadella, p. 153
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.