Λαέρτης
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From λᾱός (lāós, “people”) + εἴρω (eírō, “I fasten together”) + -της (-tēs), literally "gatherer of the people".
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /laː.ér.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /laˈer.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /laˈer.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /laˈer.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /laˈer.tis/
Proper noun
Λᾱέρτης • (Lāértēs) m (genitive Λᾱέρτου); first declension
- a male given name: Laertes
Inflection
Derived terms
- Λᾱερτῐάδης (Lāertiádēs)
Descendants
References
- “Λαέρτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Λαέρτης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- laertes idem, page 473.
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 1,014, 1,015