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Λάρισαν (Larisan)

Λάρισαν is an Ancient Greek form of Λάρισα, meaning “Larisa — a name common to many Pelasgic towns, and probably a Pelasgic word signifying city”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 32 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.40: Λάρισαν δʼ ἐπὶ τοῖσι λιπὼν Πολύφημος ἵκανεν

Xenophon, Hellenica 3.1.7: ἦν δὲ ἃς ἀσθενεῖς οὔσας καὶ κατὰ κράτος ὁ Θίβρων ἐλάμβανε· Λάρισάν γε μὴν τὴν Αἰγυπτίαν καλουμένην, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἐπείθετο, περιστρατοπεδευσάμενος ἐπολιόρκει. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἄλλως οὐκ ἐδύν …

All forms of Λάρισα (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.