λήϊτον
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From λᾱός (lāós, “folk”) + the rare suffix -ιτον (-iton).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛ̌ː.i.ton/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle̝.i.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈli.i.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈli.i.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.i.ton/
Noun
[edit]λήϊτον • (lḗïton) n (genitive ληΐτου); second declension
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ λήϊτον tò lḗïton |
τὼ ληΐτω tṑ lēḯtō |
τᾰ̀ λήϊτᾰ tà lḗïta | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ληΐτου toû lēḯtou |
τοῖν ληΐτοιν toîn lēḯtoin |
τῶν ληΐτων tôn lēḯtōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ληΐτῳ tôi lēḯtōi |
τοῖν ληΐτοιν toîn lēḯtoin |
τοῖς ληΐτοις toîs lēḯtois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ λήϊτον tò lḗïton |
τὼ ληΐτω tṑ lēḯtō |
τᾰ̀ λήϊτᾰ tà lḗïta | ||||||||||
Vocative | λήϊτον lḗïton |
ληΐτω lēḯtō |
λήϊτᾰ lḗïta | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- λειτουργός (leitourgós)
- λῄταρχος (lḗitarkhos)
- λῄτειρα (lḗiteira)
- λήτωρ (lḗtōr)/λείτωρ (leítōr)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λαός (> DER > 3. > λήϊτον)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 832-3
Further reading
[edit]- “λήϊτον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press