Λευκουσία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Apparently from λευκός (leukós, “white”) or λεύκη (leúkē, “poplar”) +‎ οὐσίᾱ (ousíā, “property, estate”), but in fact altered by folk etymology from various forms including Λευτεῶν (Leuteôn), Λευκοθέον (Leukothéon), and Λευκούπολις (Leukoúpolis) adapting an early or pre-Greek name variously recorded as Λέδραι (Lédrai), Λῆδρον (Lêdron), Λεδρῶν (Ledrôn), Λήδρα (Lḗdra), etc.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Λευκουσία • (Leukousía) f (genitive Λευκουσίας); first declension

  1. (Byzantine) Nicosia (the capital city of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Λευκουσίᾱ; τῆς Λευκουσίᾱς (Byzantine)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Λευκουσίᾱ
hē Leukousíā
Genitive τῆς Λευκουσίᾱς
tês Leukousíās
Dative τῇ Λευκουσίᾳ
tēî Leukousíāi
Accusative τὴν Λευκουσίᾱν
tḕn Leukousíān
Vocative Λευκουσίᾱ
Leukousíā

Descendants

Descendants
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