Λάρισα

English (LSJ)

ἡ (not Λάρισσα, v. Arc.77.14, IG9(2).60.5, 525.5, al., but Λαρισσέοις ib.9(2).6c3), Larissa, a name of many old Greek cities, Il.2.841, etc.; Pelasgic acc. to Str.9.5.19, 13.3.2: an Ion. form Λήρισαι (in Aeolis) occurs in Hdt.1.149; orig. it denoted a

   A citadel, such as the Larissa of Argos, St.Byz., Sch.A.R.1.40.    II Adj. Λᾱρῑσαῖος, α, ον, Larissaean, of or from Larissa, Th.2.22, X.HG 3.1.7, etc.; Ion. Ληρις- Hdt.9.1 and 58:—also Λαρίσιος and Λαρισηνός as epith. of Zeus, Str.9.5.19, 13.3.2.    2 Λᾱρῑσαῖοι ἑψητῆρες Larissaean pots for boiling, AP6.305 (Leon.); λᾱρῑσοποιοί for λαρισαιοποιοί, either makers of Larissaean pots, or makers of Larissaean citizens, of the δημιουργοί (magistrates), Gorg. ap. Arist.Pol.1275b30.