λᾶας

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀨𐀁𐀊 (ra-e-ja, “stone”), Proto-Albanian *laurā (Albanian lerë (“boulder”)), Proto-Celtic *lausā (“stone”) (whence also Proto-Celtic *līwos (“stone”) and Old Irish lie (“stone”)) and possibly Old Armenian լեառն (leaṙn, “mountain”).

λᾶᾰς • (lâas) m or f (genitive λᾶος); third declension

Irregular declension of ὁ, ἡ λᾶᾰς; τοῦ, τῆς λᾶος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ λᾶᾰς ho, hē lâas	τὼ λᾶε tṑ lâe	οἱ, αἱ λᾶες hoi, hai lâes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς λᾶος toû, tês lâos	—	τῶν λᾱ́ων tôn lā́ōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ λᾶϊ tôi, têi lâï	—	τοῖς, ταῖς λᾱ́εσῐ / λᾱ́εσσῐ / λᾱ́εσῐν / λᾱ́εσσῐν toîs, taîs lā́es(s)i / lā́es(s)in
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν λᾶα / λᾶαν tòn, tḕn lâa(n)	τὼ λᾶε tṑ lâe	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς λᾶας toùs, tā̀s lâas
Vocative	λᾶᾰς lâas	λᾶε lâe	λᾶες lâes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.