Λαπίθης

Lapithes, Lapith

Translated by David Whitehead18 Jul 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

10 words

A proper name. Also [sc. attested is] Lapithai, the plural.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Λαπίθης· ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ Λαπίθαι, τὸ πληθυντικόν.

Betacode

*lapi/qhs: o)/noma ku/rion. kai\ *lapi/qai, to\ plhquntiko/n.

The Lapiths were an ancient Thessalian 'clan' (so OCD(4) s.v.) celebrated in mythology for their battles with the Centaurs (see under theta 368). Lapithes, the present headword, was also a proper name in its own right: see e.g. Diodorus Siculus 4.68-69.