λευκάκανθα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- λευκάκανθος (leukákanthos)
Etymology
From λευκός (leukós, “goat”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /leu̯.ká.kan.tʰa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /leʍˈka.kan.tʰa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /leɸˈka.kan.θa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lefˈka.kan.θa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lefˈka.kan.θa/
Noun
λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ • (leukákantha) f (genitive λευκᾰκᾰ́νθης); first declension
- white thistle (Tyrimnus leucographus)
- tuberous thistle (Cirsium tuberosum)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ; τῆς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ hē leukákantha | τὼ λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱ tṑ leukakánthā | αἱ λευκᾰ́κᾰνθαι hai leukákanthai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθης tês leukakánthēs | τοῖν λευκᾰκᾰ́νθαιν toîn leukakánthain | τῶν λευκᾰκᾰνθῶν tôn leukakanthôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λευκᾰκᾰ́νθῃ têi leukakánthēi | τοῖν λευκᾰκᾰ́νθαιν toîn leukakánthain | ταῖς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθαις taîs leukakánthais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰν tḕn leukákanthan | τὼ λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱ tṑ leukakánthā | τᾱ̀ς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱς tā̀s leukakánthās | ||||||||||
Vocative | λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ leukákantha | λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱ leukakánthā | λευκᾰ́κᾰνθαι leukákanthai | ||||||||||
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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