λύτειρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λῠ(τήρ) (lŭ(tḗr), “who loosens, literator”) + -τειρα (-teira, a suffix creating feminine agent nouns)
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈly.ti.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈly.ti.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈly.ti.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈli.ti.ra/
Noun
λῠ́τειρᾰ • (lŭ́teiră) f (genitive λῠτείρᾱς); first declension (Koine)
- feminine of λῠτήρ (lŭtḗr)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λῠ́τειρᾰ hē lŭ́teiră |
τὼ λῠτείρᾱ tṑ lŭteírā |
αἱ λῠ́τειραι hai lŭ́teirai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λῠτείρᾱς tês lŭteírās |
τοῖν λῠτείραιν toîn lŭteírain |
τῶν λῠτειρῶν tôn lŭteirôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λῠτείρᾳ tēî lŭteírāi |
τοῖν λῠτείραιν toîn lŭteírain |
ταῖς λῠτείραις taîs lŭteírais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λῠ́τειρᾰν tḕn lŭ́teirăn |
τὼ λῠτείρᾱ tṑ lŭteírā |
τᾱ̀ς λῠτείρᾱς tā̀s lŭteírās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῠ́τειρᾰ lŭ́teiră |
λῠτείρᾱ lŭteírā |
λῠ́τειραι lŭ́teirai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “λύτειρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λύτειρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- λύτειρα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011