Λάρισα

• Λᾱ́ρισσᾰ (Lā́rissa)

There were many Greek cities with this name, the most well-known being the one situated in Thessaly or Pelasgiotis. This lead some to suppose the name was of Pelasgic origin. However, the frequency of the name throughout the Greek world rather argues for a Greek origin. It might be found in the adjective λαρός (larós, “sweet, delicious, pleasing”). The city might have been named for the pleasantness or fertility of its surroundings. Compare the closeby Πιερία (Piería), possibly derivated from *peyH- (“fat”).

Λᾱ́ρῑσᾰ • (Lā́rīsa) f (genitive Λᾱρῑ́σης); first declension

1. Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

• Λᾱρῑσαῖος (Lārīsaîos)

• Greek: Λάρισα (Lárisa)
• Latin: Lārissa

• “Λάρισα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Λάρισα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Λάρισα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

From Ancient Greek Λάρισα (Lárisa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlarisa/

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• Hyphenation: Λά‧ρι‧σα

Λάρισα • (Lárisa) f

1. Larissa (a city in Greece)

• Λαρισαίος m (Larisaíos, “male from Larissa”)
• Λαρισινός m (Larisinós, “male from Larissa”)
• Λαρισαία f (Larisaía, “female from Larissa”)
• Λαρισινή f (Larisiní, “female from Larissa”)
• λαρισαϊκός (larisaïkós) (adjective)
• λαρισινός (larisinós) (adjective)

• Λάρισα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el