Λιπάρα

See also: λιπαρά

Ancient Greek

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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

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

Proper noun

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

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

^ Leighton, Robert (2014): Morgantina Studies, Volume IV: The Protohistoric Settlement on the Cittadella, p. 153

[1] Leighton, Robert (2014): Morgantina Studies, Volume IV: The Protohistoric Settlement on the Cittadella, p. 153

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