Λευκάς

Λευκάς

See also: λευκάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λευκός (leukós, “light, white”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leu̯.kás/ → /leɸˈkas/ → /lefˈkas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /leu̯.kás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lewˈkas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leɸˈkas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lefˈkas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lefˈkas/

Proper noun

Λευκᾰ́ς • (Leukás) f (genitive Λευκᾰ́δος); third declension

1. Leucas; Lefkada, Ionian Islands, Greece

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Λευκᾰ́ς; τῆς Λευκᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λευκᾰ́ς hē Leukás
Genitive	τῆς Λευκᾰ́δος tês Leukádos
Dative	τῇ Λευκᾰ́δῐ têi Leukádi
Accusative	τὴν Λευκᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Leukáda
Vocative	Λευκᾰ́ς Leukás
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• Λευκᾰ́δῐος (Leukádios)

Descendants

• Greek: Λευκάς (Lefkás)
• Latin: Leucas

References

• “Λευκάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

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Greek

Proper noun

Λευκάς • (Lefkás) n

1. Katharevousa form of Λευκάδα (Lefkáda, “Lefkada, Lefkas”)