λεοντική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine form of λεοντῐκός (leontĭkós, “of a lion”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.on.ti.kɛ̌ː/ → /le.on.tiˈci/ → /le.on.diˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.on.ti.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le.on.tiˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /le.on.tiˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /le.on.tiˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /le.on.diˈci/

Noun

λεοντῐκή • (leontĭkḗ) f (genitive λεοντῐκῆς); first declension

1. kind of mercury (Mercurialis tomentosa)

   Synonym: κᾰκκᾰλῐ́ᾱ (kăkkălĭ́ā)

2. sort of dye

Declension

First declension of ἡ λεοντῐκή; τῆς λεοντῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λεοντῐκή hē leontĭkḗ	τὼ λεοντῐκᾱ́ tṑ leontĭkā́	αἱ λεοντῐκαί hai leontĭkaí
Genitive	τῆς λεοντῐκῆς tês leontĭkês	τοῖν λεοντῐκαῖν toîn leontĭkaîn	τῶν λεοντῐκῶν tôn leontĭkôn
Dative	τῇ λεοντῐκῇ têi leontĭkêi	τοῖν λεοντῐκαῖν toîn leontĭkaîn	ταῖς λεοντῐκαῖς taîs leontĭkaîs
Accusative	τὴν λεοντῐκήν tḕn leontĭkḗn	τὼ λεοντῐκᾱ́ tṑ leontĭkā́	τᾱ̀ς λεοντῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s leontĭkā́s
Vocative	λεοντῐκή leontĭkḗ	λεοντῐκᾱ́ leontĭkā́	λεοντῐκαί leontĭkaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Leontice

Further reading

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