lāós

lāós agr. λᾱός, 'Volk, versammeltes Volk, die Menschen eines Landes; die Soldaten; einfaches Volk (im Gegensatz zu Führern oder Priestern); die Untertanen eines Fürsten'

Wrtdtng:vwdt. mit Lohn im Sinne von Sold

From Proto-Hellenic *lāwós, further origin uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂wos (“people (under arms)”), from *leh₂w- (“military action”), cognate with Hittite 𒆷𒄴𒄩𒀸 (laḫḫa-, “campaign”) and Phrygian λαϝαγταει (lawagtaei, “military leader”). According to Martin Bernal 2006, further substantiating a theory of Samuel Bochart in the 17th century, a Semitic borrowing, exactly matching Hebrew לְאֹום (ləʔōm, “people”), with copious relations in Akkadian līm (“many”), the Arabic root ل ء م (l-ʔ-m) etc.

Pronunciation IPA^(key): /laː.ós/ → /laˈos/ → /laˈos/

Substantiv λᾱός • (lāós) m (Genitiv λᾱοῦ); zweite Deklination