Λαέρτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Λᾱ́ρτῐος (Lā́rtios), Λᾱέρτῐος (Lāértios) — Poetic, Lyric

Etymology

From λᾱός (lāós, “people”) +‎ εἴρω (eírō, “I fasten together”) +‎ -της (-tēs), literally "gatherer of the people".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laː.ér.tɛːs/ → /laˈer.tis/ → /laˈer.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /laː.ér.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈer.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈer.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈer.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈer.tis/

Proper noun

Λᾱέρτης • (Lāértēs) m (genitive Λᾱέρτου); first declension

1. a male given name: Laertes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Λᾱέρτης; τοῦ Λᾱέρτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λᾱέρτης ho Lāértēs
Genitive	τοῦ Λᾱέρτου toû Lāértou
Dative	τῷ Λᾱέρτῃ tôi Lāértēi
Accusative	τὸν Λᾱέρτην tòn Lāértēn
Vocative	Λᾱέρτᾰ Lāérta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of Λᾱέρτης; Λᾱέρτᾱο (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Λᾱέρτης Lāértēs
Genitive	Λᾱέρτᾱο / Λᾱέρτε͜ω / Λᾱέρτω Lāértāo / Lāérte͜ō / Lāértō
Dative	Λᾱέρτῃ Lāértēi
Accusative	Λᾱέρτην Lāértēn
Vocative	Λᾱέρτᾰ Lāérta
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Λᾱερτῐάδης (Lāertiádēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Λαέρτης (Laértis)
• → Latin: Lāertēs

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • laertes idem, page 473.
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 1,014, 1,015