Λάρισα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

The name Larissa (Λάρισα Lárīsa) is in origin a Pelasgian (pre-Greek) word for "fortress". There were many ancient Greek cities with this name.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ • (Lā́rīsa) f (genitive Λᾱρῑ́σης); first declension

  1. Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ; τῆς Λᾱρῑ́σης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ
hē Lā́rīsa
Genitive τῆς Λᾱρῑ́σης
tês Lārī́sēs
Dative τῇ Λᾱρῑ́σῃ
têi Lārī́sēi
Accusative τὴν Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰν
tḕn Lā́rīsan
Vocative Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ
Lā́rīsa
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Λᾱρῑσαῖος (Lārīsaîos)

Descendants

References
  • Λάρισα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Λάρισα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Λάρισα 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, page 1,015

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λάρισα (Lárisa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlarisa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Λά‧ρι‧σα

Proper noun

Λάρισα • (Lárisa) f

  1. Larissa (fifth largest city in Greece)

Declension
Declension of Λάρισα (Lárisa)
singular
nominative Λάρισα •
genitive Λάρισας •
accusative Λάρισα •
vocative Λάρισα •
Less common genitive: Λαρίσης

Derived terms
  • Λαρισαίος m (Larisaíos, “male from Larissa”)
  • Λαρισινός m (Larisinós, “male from Larissa”)
  • Λαρισαία f (Larisaía, “female from Larissa”)
  • Λαρισινή f (Larisiní, “female from Larissa”)
  • λαρισαϊκός (larisaïkós) (adjective)
  • λαρισινός (larisinós) (adjective)

Further reading
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