λεύκινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λεύκη (leúkē, “white poplar”) + -ινος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lěu̯.ki.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈleʍ.ki.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈleɸ.ci.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlef.ci.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlef.ci.nos/
Adjective
λεύκῐνος • (leúkĭnos) m (feminine λευκῐ́νη, neuter λεύκῐνον); first/second declension
- of white poplar
- decorated with chaplets of white poplar (of soldiers)
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | λεύκῐνος leúkĭnos |
λευκῐ́νη leukĭ́nē |
λεύκῐνον leúkĭnon |
λευκῐ́νω leukĭ́nō |
λευκῐ́νᾱ leukĭ́nā |
λευκῐ́νω leukĭ́nō |
λεύκῐνοι leúkĭnoi |
λεύκῐναι leúkĭnai |
λεύκῐνᾰ leúkĭnă | |||||
| Genitive | λευκῐ́νου leukĭ́nou |
λευκῐ́νης leukĭ́nēs |
λευκῐ́νου leukĭ́nou |
λευκῐ́νοιν leukĭ́noin |
λευκῐ́ναιν leukĭ́nain |
λευκῐ́νοιν leukĭ́noin |
λευκῐ́νων leukĭ́nōn |
λευκῐ́νων leukĭ́nōn |
λευκῐ́νων leukĭ́nōn | |||||
| Dative | λευκῐ́νῳ leukĭ́nōi |
λευκῐ́νῃ leukĭ́nēi |
λευκῐ́νῳ leukĭ́nōi |
λευκῐ́νοιν leukĭ́noin |
λευκῐ́ναιν leukĭ́nain |
λευκῐ́νοιν leukĭ́noin |
λευκῐ́νοις leukĭ́nois |
λευκῐ́ναις leukĭ́nais |
λευκῐ́νοις leukĭ́nois | |||||
| Accusative | λεύκῐνον leúkĭnon |
λευκῐ́νην leukĭ́nēn |
λεύκῐνον leúkĭnon |
λευκῐ́νω leukĭ́nō |
λευκῐ́νᾱ leukĭ́nā |
λευκῐ́νω leukĭ́nō |
λευκῐ́νους leukĭ́nous |
λευκῐ́νᾱς leukĭ́nās |
λεύκῐνᾰ leúkĭnă | |||||
| Vocative | λεύκῐνε leúkĭne |
λευκῐ́νη leukĭ́nē |
λεύκῐνον leúkĭnon |
λευκῐ́νω leukĭ́nō |
λευκῐ́νᾱ leukĭ́nā |
λευκῐ́νω leukĭ́nō |
λεύκῐνοι leúkĭnoi |
λεύκῐναι leúkĭnai |
λεύκῐνᾰ leúkĭnă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| λευκῐ́νως leukĭ́nōs |
λευκῐνώτερος leukĭnṓteros |
λευκῐνώτᾰτος leukĭnṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “λεύκινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λεύκινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette