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LAIS

LAIS · f

the name of two courtesans of Corinth celebrated for their beauty

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Where it lives

Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 2 · 5.49/10k
In Eutropium 1 · 1.39/10k
Amores 1 · 0.64/10k
Noctes Atticae 2 · 0.18/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

Lāïs — Lewis & Short

Lāïs, ĭdis and ĭdos, f., = *lai+/s,

I the name of two courtesans of Corinth celebrated for their beauty.

I Lais, who flourished during the Peloponnesian war: dicitur et multis Lais amata viris, Ov. Am. 1, 5, 12; Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2 (acc. Laida); Prop. 2, 6, 1 (gen. Laidos).—

II Lais, a contemporary of Demosthenes, Gell. 1, 8, 3 sqq.; Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 81.—Acc. plur.: Laidas et Glyceras, lascivae nomina famae, Aus. Epigr. 18, 1.

In the wild

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. lais (scan p. 821; entry #18027).

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