Λητώ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Λᾱ́των (Lā́tōn) – Aeolic
- Λᾱτώ (Lātṓ), Λητόᾱ (Lētóā) – Doric
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 Λήδα (Lḗda, “Leda”). 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): /lɛː.tɔ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /le̝ˈto/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /liˈto/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /liˈto/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈto/
Proper noun
Λητώ • (Lētṓ) f (genitive Λητοῦς); third declension
- Leto
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Λητώ; τῆς Λητοῦς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Λητώ hē Lētṓ | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Λητοῦς tês Lētoûs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Λητοῖ têi Lētoî | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Λητώ tḕn Lētṓ | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Λητοῖ Lētoî | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Λητῷος (Lētôios)
Descendants
- English: Leto
- Greek: Λητώ (Litó)
- Latin: Latona (via Λατώ (Latṓ))
References
- “Λητώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Λητώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Λητώ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Λητώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λητώ (Lētṓ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liˈto/
- Hyphenation: Λη‧τώ
Proper noun
Λητώ • (Litó) f
- (Greek mythology) Leto (Titan goddess, mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus)
Declension
Λητώ
case \\ number | singular | |
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nominative | Λητώ • | |
genitive | Λητώς • | |
accusative | Λητώ • | |
vocative | Λητώ • | |
Less common genitive: Λητούς |