Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /látaxs/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /látaks/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /látaks/

Noun

λάταξ • ‎(látax) f ‎(genitive λάταγος); third declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) the drops of wine in the bottom of the cup which were thrown into a basin with a splash
2. a water-quadruped, perhaps beaver

Inflection

See also

• κότταβος ‎(kóttabos)

References

• λάταξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «λάταξ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette