λευκόφθαλμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λευκός (leukós, “white”) + ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /leu̯.kópʰ.tʰal.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /leʍˈkopʰ.tʰal.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /leɸˈkoɸ.θal.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lefˈkof.θal.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lefˈkof.θal.mos/
Noun
λευκόφθᾰλμος • (leukóphthălmos) f (genitive λευκοφθᾰ́λμου); second declension
- kind of gem
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λευκόφθᾰλμος hē leukóphthălmos |
τὼ λευκοφθᾰ́λμω tṑ leukophthắlmō |
αἱ λευκόφθᾰλμοι hai leukóphthălmoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λευκοφθᾰ́λμου tês leukophthắlmou |
τοῖν λευκοφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn leukophthắlmoin |
τῶν λευκοφθᾰ́λμων tôn leukophthắlmōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λευκοφθᾰ́λμῳ tēî leukophthắlmōi |
τοῖν λευκοφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn leukophthắlmoin |
ταῖς λευκοφθᾰ́λμοις taîs leukophthắlmois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λευκόφθᾰλμον tḕn leukóphthălmon |
τὼ λευκοφθᾰ́λμω tṑ leukophthắlmō |
τᾱ̀ς λευκοφθᾰ́λμους tā̀s leukophthắlmous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λευκόφθᾰλμε leukóphthălme |
λευκοφθᾰ́λμω leukophthắlmō |
λευκόφθᾰλμοι leukóphthălmoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: leucophthalmos
Further reading
- “λευκόφθαλμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λευκόφθαλμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette