Λήδα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
In 20th-century sources Leto is traditionally derived from Lycian lada, "wife", as her earliest cult was centered in Lycia. Lycian lada may also be the origin of the Greek name Λητώ (Lētṓ, “Leto”). Other scholars (Paul Kretschmer, Erich Bethe, Pierre Chantraine and R. S. P. Beekes) have suggested a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛ̌ː.daː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle̝.da/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈli.ða/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈli.ða/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.ða/
Proper noun
Λήδᾱ • (Lḗdā) f (genitive Λήδᾱς); first declension
- Leda
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Λήδᾱ; τῆς Λήδᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Λήδᾱ hē Lḗdā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Λήδᾱς tês Lḗdās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Λήδᾳ têi Lḗdāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Λήδᾱν tḕn Lḗdān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Λήδᾱ Lḗdā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Λήδα (Lída)
- Latin: Lēda
References
- “Λήδα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Λήδα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015