λιτότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λῑτός (lītós, “plain, frugal, simple”) +‎ -της (-tēs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λῑτότης • (lītótēs) f (genitive λῑτότητος); third declension

  1. plainness, simplicity
  2. (grammar, rhetoric) litotes, understatement

Declension

Third declension of ἡ λῑτότης; τῆς λῑτότητος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ λῑτότης
hē lītótēs 		τὼ λῑτότητε
tṑ lītótēte 		αἱ λῑτότητες
hai lītótētes
Genitive τῆς λῑτότητος
tês lītótētos 		τοῖν λῑτοτήτοιν
toîn lītotḗtoin 		τῶν λῑτοτήτων
tôn lītotḗtōn
Dative τῇ λῑτότητῐ
tēî lītótētĭ 		τοῖν λῑτοτήτοιν
toîn lītotḗtoin 		ταῖς λῑτότησῐ / λῑτότησῐν
taîs lītótēsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν λῑτότητᾰ
tḕn lītótētă 		τὼ λῑτότητε
tṑ lītótēte 		τᾱ̀ς λῑτότητᾰς
tā̀s lītótētăs
Vocative λῑτότης
lītótēs 		λῑτότητε
lītótēte 		λῑτότητες
lītótētes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Descendants

  • ⇒ Greek: λιτότητα (litótita)
  • → Late Latin: lītotēs

Further reading

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