λευκάκανθα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λευκάκανθος (leukákanthos)

Etymology

From λευκός (leukós, “goat”) +‎ ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leu̯.ká.kan.tʰa/ → /leɸˈka.kan.θa/ → /lefˈka.kan.θa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /leu̯.ká.kan.tʰa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lewˈka.kan.tʰa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leɸˈka.kan.θa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lefˈka.kan.θa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lefˈka.kan.θa/

Noun

λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ • (leukắkănthă) f (genitive λευκᾰκᾰ́νθης); first declension

1. white thistle (Tyrimnus leucographus)
2. tuberous thistle (Cirsium tuberosum)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ; τῆς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ hē leukắkănthă	τὼ λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱ tṑ leukăkắnthā	αἱ λευκᾰ́κᾰνθαι hai leukắkănthai
Genitive	τῆς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθης tês leukăkắnthēs	τοῖν λευκᾰκᾰ́νθαιν toîn leukăkắnthain	τῶν λευκᾰκᾰνθῶν tôn leukăkănthôn
Dative	τῇ λευκᾰκᾰ́νθῃ têi leukăkắnthēi	τοῖν λευκᾰκᾰ́νθαιν toîn leukăkắnthain	ταῖς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθαις taîs leukăkắnthais
Accusative	τὴν λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰν tḕn leukắkănthăn	τὼ λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱ tṑ leukăkắnthā	τᾱ̀ς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱς tā̀s leukăkắnthās
Vocative	λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ leukắkănthă	λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱ leukăkắnthā	λευκᾰ́κᾰνθαι leukắkănthai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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