λεύκινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λεύκη (leúkē, “white poplar”) + -ινος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lěu̯.ki.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlew.ki.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈleɸ.ci.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlef.ci.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlef.ci.nos/
Adjective
λεύκῐνος • (leúkinos) m (feminine λευκῐ́νη, neuter λεύκῐνον); first/second declension
- of white poplar
- decorated with chaplets of white poplar (of soldiers)
Inflection
First and second declension of λεύκῐνος; λευκῐ́νη; λεύκῐνον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | λεύκῐνος leúkinos | λευκῐ́νη leukínē | λεύκῐνον leúkinon | λευκῐ́νω leukínō | λευκῐ́νᾱ leukínā | λευκῐ́νω leukínō | λεύκῐνοι leúkinoi | λεύκῐναι leúkinai | λεύκῐνᾰ leúkina | |||||
Genitive | λευκῐ́νου leukínou | λευκῐ́νης leukínēs | λευκῐ́νου leukínou | λευκῐ́νοιν leukínoin | λευκῐ́ναιν leukínain | λευκῐ́νοιν leukínoin | λευκῐ́νων leukínōn | λευκῐ́νων leukínōn | λευκῐ́νων leukínōn | |||||
Dative | λευκῐ́νῳ leukínōi | λευκῐ́νῃ leukínēi | λευκῐ́νῳ leukínōi | λευκῐ́νοιν leukínoin | λευκῐ́ναιν leukínain | λευκῐ́νοιν leukínoin | λευκῐ́νοις leukínois | λευκῐ́ναις leukínais | λευκῐ́νοις leukínois | |||||
Accusative | λεύκῐνον leúkinon | λευκῐ́νην leukínēn | λεύκῐνον leúkinon | λευκῐ́νω leukínō | λευκῐ́νᾱ leukínā | λευκῐ́νω leukínō | λευκῐ́νους leukínous | λευκῐ́νᾱς leukínās | λεύκῐνᾰ leúkina | |||||
Vocative | λεύκῐνε leúkine | λευκῐ́νη leukínē | λεύκῐνον leúkinon | λευκῐ́νω leukínō | λευκῐ́νᾱ leukínā | λευκῐ́νω leukínō | λεύκῐνοι leúkinoi | λεύκῐναι leúkinai | λεύκῐνᾰ leúkina | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
λευκῐ́νως leukínōs | λευκῐνώτερος leukinṓteros | λευκῐνώτᾰτος leukinṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “λεύκινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λεύκινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette