λίς

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Variant of λέων (léōn, “lion”)[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λῑ́ς • (lī́s) m (genitive λιός); third declension (poetic or Epic)

  1. lion
Declension
Irregular declension of ὁ λῑ́ς; — (Attic)
Case / # Singular Plural
Nominative ὁ λῑ́ς
ho lī́s 		οἱ λῐ́ες / λῖες
hoi líes / lîes
Genitive — —
Dative — τοῖς λῐ́εσσῐ / λῐ́εσῐ
toîs líessi / líesi
Accusative τὸν λῖν
tòn lîn 		—
Vocative — —
Notes:
Synonyms

See also

  • (words with same declension) κῑ́ς (kī́s)

Further reading

  • “λίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “λίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “λίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • λίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette, page 1197
  • Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache von Dr. Raphael Kühner. Erster Teil: Elementar- und Formenlehre. Dritte Auflage in zwei Bänden in neuer Bearbeitung besorgt von Friedrich Blass. Erster Band, Hannover, 1890, page 438, § 125
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Riemer, Griechisch-Deutsches Hand-Wörterbuch. Zweyter Theil. Λ – Ω. — Griechisch-Deutsches Hand-Wörterbuch für Anfänger und Freunde der griechischen Sprache. Zweyter Band. Λ – Ω, 3rd ed., Jena & Leipzig, 1820, page 42: "λῖς, Acc. λῖν, Plur. λίες, Dat. λίεσι, λίεσσι, s. v. a. d. prosaische λέων, leo, Löwe "
  • August Matthiä, Ausführliche griechische Grammatik, 2nd ed., first of two parts, Leipzig, 1825, page 163: "Die einsylbigen haben im Nomin einen langen Vocal, verkürzen ihn aber im Genitiv, wie πῦρ, πῠρός, σῦς, συός. So hatte von λῖς (oder λίς nach Aristarch) Callimachus λίες, λίεσι mit kurzem ι Etym. M. p. 567, 9."
  • Franz Passow, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache. Zweyter Band. Λ – Ω. Nebst einem Anhange, 4th ed., Leipzig, 1831, page 52: "λῖς, ὁ, Episch st. λέων, der Löwe, Il., wo ausser dem nom. aber nur der acc. λῖν, und auch dieser nur Einmal, 11, 480. vorkommt: Alex. Dichter brauchten auch den nom. und dat. plur. λῖες, λίεσσι, wonach der gen. sing. λιός gewesen seyn würde: Aristarch betonte den nom. sing. λίς, Wolf Anal. 4. p. 508. "
  • G. Ch. Crusius, Vollständiges Griechisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch über die Gedichte des Homeros und der Homeriden, 2nd ed., Hannover, 1841, page 322: "λίς od. λῖς, ὁ, ep. st. λέων, der Löwe, Leu, ein Defectiv., wovon außer dem Nom. nur einmal der Acc. λῖν, Il. 11, 480. vorkommt. λίς zieht Spitzner zu Il. 15, 275. vor."
  • James Donnegan, A New Greek and English Lexicon; The Words alphabetically arranged, 4th ed., London, 1846, page 980f.: "λῖς, accus. λῖν, the only cases in use in Hom. Epic poet. for λέων, a lion, Il. λ, 480. Eur. Bacch. 1164. Gram. Vett. give a gen. λιός, Callim. ap. Schol. Venet. ad Il. λ, a dat. plur. λίεσσι, and nom. plur. λίες, Etym. Mag. Aristarch. accent. λίς."
  • Jacob la Roche, Die Homerische Textkritik im Altherthum. Nebst einem Anhange über die Homerhandschriften, Leipzig, 1866, page 307

Etymology 2

Seemingly from a Proto-Indo-European *lh₁i-t- (“smooth”), with no certain cognates outside of Greek.[1] The supposed Proto-Indo-European root may be related to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).

Adjective

λίς • (lís) f (Epic)

  1. smooth
Synonyms

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Further reading

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λίς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 865-6
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