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Ancient Greek
Etymology
There were many Greek cities with this name, the most well-known being the one situated in Thessaly or Pelasgiotis. This lead some to suppose the name was of Pelasgic origin. However, the frequency of the name throughout the Greek world rather argues for a Greek origin. It might be found in the adjective λαρός (larós, “sweet, delicious, pleasing”). The city might have been named for the pleasantness or fertility of its surroundings. Compare the closeby Πιερία (Piería), possibly derivated from *peyH- (“fat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lǎː.riː.sa/ → /ˈla.ri.sa/ → /ˈla.ri.sa/
Proper noun
Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ • (Lā́rīsă) f (genitive Λᾱρῑ́σης); first declension
- Larissa, Thessaly, Greece
Inflection
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Descendants
References
- “Λάρισα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Λάρισα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Λάρισα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λάρισα (Lárisa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlarisa/
- Hyphenation: Λά‧ρι‧σα
Proper noun
Λάρισα • (Lárisa) f
- Larissa (a city in Greece)
Declension
Declension of Λάρισα
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singular
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nominative
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Λάρισα (Lárisa)
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genitive
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Λάρισας (Lárisas)
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accusative
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Λάρισα (Lárisa)
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vocative
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Λάρισα (Lárisa)
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Less common genitive: Λαρίσης
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