1. λαός · laos — Beekes
(the common) folk, crowd, the military, tribe
The corpus record
λαός
laos
(the common) folk, crowd, the military, tribe
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Aggaeus 8 · 87.91/10k
- Michaeas 20 · 87.8/10k
- Joel 12 · 77.92/10k
- Exodus 168 · 70.97/10k
- Esdras II 78 · 65.73/10k
- Regnorum II 104 · 64.29/10k
- Habacuc 7 · 63.99/10k
- Ruth 12 · 62.5/10k
- Regnorum I 115 · 62.13/10k
- Paralipomenon II 114 · 57.92/10k
- Osee 20 · 53.05/10k
- Jeremias 147 · 53.03/10k
Densest 12 of 112 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. λᾶός · laos — Chantraine
Hom
3. λαός · laos — Frisk
(das gemeine) Volk, Volksmenge, Kriegsvolk, Völkerschaft
4. λαός · laos — Frisk
Zu λαός, bes
5. λᾱός · laos — LSJ
men, foot and horse, foot
6. λᾶος · laos — LSJ
stone
Attestations
- λαοί · laoi Iliad 1.10
- λαῶν · laōn Iliad 1.16
- λαὸν · laon Iliad 1.54
- λαὸν · laon Iliad 1.117
- λαοὺς · laous Iliad 1.126
- λαῷ · laōi Iliad 1.226
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 879-880; entry #3666 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 637; entry #4669 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1055-1056; entry #3481 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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