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λαός

λαός

See also: ΛΑΟΣ, Λάος, and ΛΑ.Ο.Σ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • λεώς (leṓs) (Attic)
  • ληός (lēós) (Ionic)

Noun

λᾱός (lāós) m (genitive λᾱοῦ); second declension

  1. people, people assembled, the people of a country
  2. the soldiers
  3. common people (as opposed to leaders or priests); the subjects of a prince

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Douglas & Adams

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

λαός (laós) m (plural λαοί)

  1. people, the mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.

Declension