From Proto-Hellenic *lāwós, further origin uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂wos (“people (under arms)”), from *leh₂w- (“military action”), cognate with Hittite 𒆷𒄴𒄩𒀸 (laḫḫa-, “campaign”) and Phrygian λαϝαγταει (lawagtaei, “military leader”). According to Martin Bernal 2006, further substantiating a theory of Samuel Bochart in the 17th century, a Semitic borrowing, exactly matching Hebrew לְאֹום (ləʔōm, “people”), with copious relations in Akkadian līm (“many”), the Arabic root ل ء م (l-ʔ-m) etc.
λᾱός • (lāós) m (genitive λᾱοῦ); second declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
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Nominative | ὁ λᾱός ho lāós |
τὼ λᾱώ tṑ lāṓ |
οἱ λᾱοί hoi lāoí |
Genitive | τοῦ λᾱοῦ toû lāoû |
τοῖν λᾱοῖν toîn lāoîn |
τῶν λᾱῶν tôn lāôn |
Dative | τῷ λᾱῷ tôi lāôi |
τοῖν λᾱοῖν toîn lāoîn |
τοῖς λᾱοῖς toîs lāoîs |
Accusative | τὸν λᾱόν tòn lāón |
τὼ λᾱώ tṑ lāṓ |
τοὺς λᾱούς toùs lāoús |
Vocative | λᾱέ lāé |
λᾱώ lāṓ |
λᾱοί lāoí |
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λᾱός ho lāós |
τὼ λᾱώ tṑ lāṓ |
τοὶ λᾱοί toì lāoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λᾱοῖο toû lāoîo |
τοῖν λᾱοῖν toîn lāoîn |
τῶν λᾱῶν tôn lāôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λᾱῷ tôi lāôi |
τοῖν λᾱοῖν toîn lāoîn |
τοῖς λᾱοῖς toîs lāoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λᾱόν tòn lāón |
τὼ λᾱώ tṑ lāṓ |
τοὺς λᾱούς toùs lāoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾱέ lāé |
λᾱώ lāṓ |
λᾱοί lāoí | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | λᾱός lāós |
λᾱώ lāṓ |
λᾱοί lāoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | λᾱοῦ / λᾱοῖο / λᾱόο lāoû / lāoîo / lāóo |
λᾱοῖῐν lāoîin |
λᾱῶν lāôn | ||||||||||
Dative | λᾱῷ lāôi |
λᾱοῖῐν lāoîin |
λᾱοῖσῐ / λᾱοῖσῐν / λᾱοῖς lāoîsi(n) / lāoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | λᾱόν lāón |
λᾱώ lāṓ |
λᾱούς lāoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | λᾱέ lāé |
λᾱώ lāṓ |
λᾱοί lāoí | ||||||||||
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From Ancient Greek λαός (laós).
→ Aromanian: lao