λιτή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of λίσσομαι (líssomai) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.tɛ̌ː/ → /liˈti/ → /liˈti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.tɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liˈte̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liˈti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liˈti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈti/

Noun

λῐτή • (lĭtḗ) f (genitive λῐτῆς); first declension

1. prayer, entreaty

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λῐτή; τῆς λῐτῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐτή hē lĭtḗ	τὼ λῐτᾱ́ tṑ lĭtā́	αἱ λῐταί hai lĭtaí
Genitive	τῆς λῐτῆς tês lĭtês	τοῖν λῐταῖν toîn lĭtaîn	τῶν λῐτῶν tôn lĭtôn
Dative	τῇ λῐτῇ têi lĭtêi	τοῖν λῐταῖν toîn lĭtaîn	ταῖς λῐταῖς taîs lĭtaîs
Accusative	τὴν λῐτήν tḕn lĭtḗn	τὼ λῐτᾱ́ tṑ lĭtā́	τᾱ̀ς λῐτᾱ́ς tā̀s lĭtā́s
Vocative	λῐτή lĭtḗ	λῐτᾱ́ lĭtā́	λῐταί lĭtaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λῐταί (Lĭtaí)

References

• “λιτή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λιτή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λιτή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λιτή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• λιτή in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “litany”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.