λαρός

See also: λάρος

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *lawerós, possibly related to ἀπολαύω (apolaúō, “to enjoy”).^[1] Pokorny draws it from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“benefit, gain”), itself the source of ἀπολαύω (apolaúō).^[2]

λᾱρός • (lārós) m or f (neuter λᾱρον); second declension

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	λᾱρός lārós	λᾱρόν lārón	λᾱρώ lārṓ	λᾱρώ lārṓ	λᾱροί lāroí	λᾱρᾰ́ lārá
Genitive	λᾱροῦ lāroû	λᾱροῦ lāroû	λᾱροῖν lāroîn	λᾱροῖν lāroîn	λᾱρῶν lārôn	λᾱρῶν lārôn
Dative	λᾱρῷ lārôi	λᾱρῷ lārôi	λᾱροῖν lāroîn	λᾱροῖν lāroîn	λᾱροῖς lāroîs	λᾱροῖς lāroîs
Accusative	λᾱρόν lārón	λᾱρόν lārón	λᾱρώ lārṓ	λᾱρώ lārṓ	λᾱρούς lāroús	λᾱρᾰ́ lārá
Vocative	λᾱρέ lāré	λᾱρόν lārón	λᾱρώ lārṓ	λᾱρώ lārṓ	λᾱροί lāroí	λᾱρᾰ́ lārá
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	λᾱρῶς lārôs		λᾱρότερος lāróteros		λᾱρότᾰτος lārótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λαρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 835
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “665”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 665