Λευκετία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin Lūtetia, modified by folk etymology to appear to be a derivative of λευκός (leukós, “white”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leu̯.ke.tí.aː/ → /leɸ.ceˈti.a/ → /lef.ceˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /leu̯.ke.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lew.keˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leɸ.ceˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lef.ceˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lef.ceˈti.a/

Proper noun

Λευκετῐ́ᾱ • (Leuketĭ́ā) f (genitive Λευκετῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Lutetia (ancient Roman city and island in modern France; modern Paris)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Λευκετῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Λευκετῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λευκετῐ́ᾱ hē Leuketĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Λευκετῐ́ᾱς tês Leuketĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Λευκετῐ́ᾳ têi Leuketĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Λευκετῐ́ᾱν tḕn Leuketĭ́ān
Vocative	Λευκετῐ́ᾱ Leuketĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Λευκετία (Lefketía)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020