λέαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέων (léōn, “lion”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aina).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lé.ai̯.na/ → /ˈle.ɛ.na/ → /ˈle.e.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lé.ai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.e.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈle.e.na/

Noun

λέαινᾰ • (léaina) f (genitive λεαίνης); first declension

1. lioness

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λέαινᾰ; τῆς λεαίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λέαινᾰ hē léaina	τὼ λεαίνᾱ tṑ leaínā	αἱ λέαιναι hai léainai
Genitive	τῆς λεαίνης tês leaínēs	τοῖν λεαίναιν toîn leaínain	τῶν λεαινῶν tôn leainôn
Dative	τῇ λεαίνῃ têi leaínēi	τοῖν λεαίναιν toîn leaínain	ταῖς λεαίναις taîs leaínais
Accusative	τὴν λέαινᾰν tḕn léainan	τὼ λεαίνᾱ tṑ leaínā	τᾱ̀ς λεαίνᾱς tā̀s leaínās
Vocative	λέαινᾰ léaina	λεαίνᾱ leaínā	λέαιναι léainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: leaena
  • → Italian: leena

References

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

Greek

Alternative forms

• λιονταρίνα (liontarína) feminine for the neuter λιοντάρι (liontári)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέαινα (léaina) λέων, λε(οντ)- m (léon, le(ont)-, “lion”) +‎ -αινα (-aina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.e.na/
• Hyphenation: λέ‧αι‧να

Noun

λέαινα • (léaina) f (plural λέαινες, masculine λέων)

1. lioness
2. (figurative) brave woman

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	λέαινα (léaina)	λέαινες (léaines)
genitive	λέαινας (léainas)	λεαινών (leainón)
accusative	λέαινα (léaina)	λέαινες (léaines)
vocative	λέαινα (léaina)	λέαινες (léaines)

Further reading

• λέαινα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el