mieux que Λάρισσα, ης (ἡ) [ᾱῑ] Larisa :
      1 v. d’Asie Mineure, IL. 2, 841 ; 17, 301 ;
      2 v. de Thessalie (auj. Lárisa) EUR. Alc. 835 ; XÉN. Hell. 6, 4, 33 ; PLAT. Men. 97 a, etc.

➳ Ion. plur. Λήρισαι, HDT. 1, 149. Sur l’écriture Λάρισα, v. Λαρισαῖος.

s. LGPN

ἡ (not Λάρισσα, v. Arc. 77.14, IG 9(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 citadel, such as the Larissa of Argos, St.Byz., Sch. A.R. 1.40. Adj. Λαρισαῖος, Λαρίσιος, Λαρισηνός.

Place, proper name

• Hilltop citadel of Argos at Argos in Argolid Peloponnese. (TOPOS text)