Leuctra

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Leuctra f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Leuctridae – certain stoneflies.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Leuctrae
• Leuctrum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λεῦκτρα (Leûktra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈleu̯k.tra/, [ˈɫ̪ɛu̯kt̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈleu̯k.tra/, [ˈlɛu̯kt̪rä]

Proper noun

Leuctra n pl (genitive Leuctrōrum); second declension

1. a small town of Boeotia where Epaminondas defeated the Spartans
2. a small town of Laconia situated on the eastern side of the gulf of Messenia

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Leuctra
genitive	Leuctrōrum
dative	Leuctrīs
accusative	Leuctra
ablative	Leuctrīs
vocative	Leuctra
locative	Leuctrīs

Related terms

• Leuctricus

References

• “Leuctra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Leuctra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Leuctra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.