λευκόχρυσος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λευκός (leukós, “white”) + χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /leu̯.kó.kʰryː.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /leʍˈko.kʰry.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /leɸˈko.xry.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lefˈko.xry.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lefˈko.xri.sos/
Noun
λευκόχρῡσος • (leukókhrūsos) f (genitive λευκοχρῡ́σου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λευκόχρῡσος hē leukókhrūsos |
τὼ λευκοχρῡ́σω tṑ leukokhrū́sō |
αἱ λευκόχρῡσοι hai leukókhrūsoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λευκοχρῡ́σου tês leukokhrū́sou |
τοῖν λευκοχρῡ́σοιν toîn leukokhrū́soin |
τῶν λευκοχρῡ́σων tôn leukokhrū́sōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λευκοχρῡ́σῳ tēî leukokhrū́sōi |
τοῖν λευκοχρῡ́σοιν toîn leukokhrū́soin |
ταῖς λευκοχρῡ́σοις taîs leukokhrū́sois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λευκόχρῡσον tḕn leukókhrūson |
τὼ λευκοχρῡ́σω tṑ leukokhrū́sō |
τᾱ̀ς λευκοχρῡ́σους tā̀s leukokhrū́sous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λευκόχρῡσε leukókhrūse |
λευκοχρῡ́σω leukokhrū́sō |
λευκόχρῡσοι leukókhrūsoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: λευκόχρυσος (lefkóchrysos)
- → Latin: leucochrȳsos
Further reading
- “λευκόχρυσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λευκόχρυσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
λευκός (lefkós, “white”) + χρυσός (chrysós, “gold”)
Noun
λευκόχρυσος • (lefkóchrysos) m (uncountable)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | λευκόχρυσος (lefkóchrysos) |
| genitive | λευκόχρυσου (lefkóchrysou) |
| accusative | λευκόχρυσο (lefkóchryso) |
| vocative | λευκόχρυσε (lefkóchryse) |
Coordinate terms
- Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements
Further reading
- λευκόχρυσος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el