Λευκάς
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λευκός (leukós, “light, white”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /leu̯.kás/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lewˈkas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /leɸˈkas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lefˈkas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lefˈkas/
Proper noun
Λευκᾰ́ς • (Leukás) f (genitive Λευκᾰ́δος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Λευκᾰ́ς hē Leukás | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Λευκᾰ́δος tês Leukádos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Λευκᾰ́δῐ têi Leukádi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Λευκᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Leukáda | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Λευκᾰ́ς Leukás | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Λευκᾰ́δῐος (Leukádios)
Descendants
References
- “Λευκάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
Greek
Proper noun
Λευκάς • (Lefkás) n
- Katharevousa form of Λευκάδα (Lefkáda, “Lefkada, Lefkas”)