λιτανεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λιτανεύω (litaneúō, “to pray, entreat”) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.ta.něː.aː/ → /li.taˈni.a/ → /li.taˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.ta.něː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /li.taˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /li.taˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /li.taˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.taˈni.a/

Noun

λῐτᾰνείᾱ • (lĭtăneíā) f (genitive λῐτᾰνείᾱς); first declension

1. entreaty

Declension

First declension of ἡ λῐτᾰνείᾱ; τῆς λῐτᾰνείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῐτᾰνείᾱ hē lĭtăneíā	τὼ λῐτᾰνείᾱ tṑ lĭtăneíā	αἱ λῐτᾰνεῖαι hai lĭtăneîai
Genitive	τῆς λῐτᾰνείᾱς tês lĭtăneíās	τοῖν λῐτᾰνείαιν toîn lĭtăneíain	τῶν λῐτᾰνειῶν tôn lĭtăneiôn
Dative	τῇ λῐτᾰνείᾳ têi lĭtăneíāi	τοῖν λῐτᾰνείαιν toîn lĭtăneíain	ταῖς λῐτᾰνείαις taîs lĭtăneíais
Accusative	τὴν λῐτᾰνείᾱν tḕn lĭtăneíān	τὼ λῐτᾰνείᾱ tṑ lĭtăneíā	τᾱ̀ς λῐτᾰνείᾱς tā̀s lĭtăneíās
Vocative	λῐτᾰνείᾱ lĭtăneíā	λῐτᾰνείᾱ lĭtăneíā	λῐτᾰνεῖαι lĭtăneîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: λιτανεία (litaneía)
• → Bulgarian: литания (litanija)
• Esperanto: litanio
• → Old Georgian: ლიტანია (liṭania)
  • Georgian: ლიტანია (liṭania)
• →? Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (liteins)
• → Romanian: litanie
• → Russian: лита́ния (litánija)
• → Late Latin: litanīa
  • Catalan: lletania
  • → Czech: litanie
  • → Middle Dutch: letanie
    • Dutch: litanie
  • → Finnish: litania
  • Old French: letanie
    • → Middle English: letany
      • English: litany
      • Scots: leetany
    • French: litanie
    • Norman: litannie
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: ledaỹa, ledanĩa
    • Galician: ladaíña
    • Portuguese: ladainha
  • → Middle High German: litanie
    • German: Litanei
  • → Italian: litania
  • → Norwegian: litani
  • → Polish: litania
  • → Portuguese: litania (learned)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: litànija
  • Spanish: letanía
    • → Cebuano: litaniya
    • → Tagalog: litaniya
  • → Swedish: litania

Further reading

• λιτανεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “λιτανεία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “λιτανεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λιτανείᾱ (litaneíā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.taˈni.a/

Noun

λιτανεία • (litaneía) f (plural λιτανείες)

1. (religion) procession of supplication, litany

Declension

Declension of λιτανεία

	singular	plural
nominative	λιτανεία (litaneía)	λιτανείες (litaneíes)
genitive	λιτανείας (litaneías)	λιτανειών (litaneión)
accusative	λιτανεία (litaneía)	λιτανείες (litaneíes)
vocative	λιτανεία (litaneía)	λιτανείες (litaneíes)

Further reading

• λιτανεία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el