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 • (leukắkănthă) f (genitive λευκᾰκᾰ́νθης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ hē leukắkănthă |
τὼ λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱ tṑ leukăkắnthā |
αἱ λευκᾰ́κᾰνθαι hai leukắkănthai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθης tês leukăkắnthēs |
τοῖν λευκᾰκᾰ́νθαιν toîn leukăkắnthain |
τῶν λευκᾰκᾰνθῶν tôn leukăkănthôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λευκᾰκᾰ́νθῃ tēî leukăkắnthēi |
τοῖν λευκᾰκᾰ́νθαιν toîn leukăkắnthain |
ταῖς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθαις taîs leukăkắnthais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰν tḕn leukắkănthăn |
τὼ λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱ tṑ leukăkắnthā |
τᾱ̀ς λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱς tā̀s leukăkắnthās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λευκᾰ́κᾰνθᾰ leukắkănthă |
λευκᾰκᾰ́νθᾱ leukăkắnthā |
λευκᾰ́κᾰνθαι leukắkănthai | ||||||||||
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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