λάττα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, perhaps from Pre-Greek, due to the presence of the geminates "-ττ-".

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lát.ta/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlat.ta/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlat.ta/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlat.ta/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ta/

Noun

λάττα • (látta)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: μυῖα (muîa, “fly”).

References

λάττα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Hesychius' Lexicon: λ

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