λεία

See also: Λεία

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lěː.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈli.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.a/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w-. Cognates include Sanskrit लोत (lota), Latin lucrum and Proto-Germanic *launą.

Alternative forms

λάιᾱ (láiā) — Doric
ληΐη (lēḯē) — Ionic

Noun

λείᾱ • (leíā) f (genitive λείᾱς); first declension

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λείᾱ; τῆς λείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λείᾱ hē leíā	τὼ λείᾱ tṑ leíā	αἱ λεῖαι hai leîai
Genitive	τῆς λείᾱς tês leíās	τοῖν λείαιν toîn leíain	τῶν λειῶν tôn leiôn
Dative	τῇ λείᾳ têi leíāi	τοῖν λείαιν toîn leíain	ταῖς λείαις taîs leíais
Accusative	τὴν λείᾱν tḕn leíān	τὼ λείᾱ tṑ leíā	τᾱ̀ς λείᾱς tā̀s leíās
Vocative	λείᾱ leíā	λείᾱ leíā	λεῖαι leîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ληΐζομαι (lēḯzomai, “I plunder”), λῄζομαι (lḗizomai)
λῃστής (lēistḗs, “robber”)

Etymology 2

From λεῖος (leîos, “smooth”).

Noun

λείᾱ • (leíā) f (genitive λείᾱς); first declension

tool for smoothing stone

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λείᾱ; τῆς λείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λείᾱ hē leíā	τὼ λείᾱ tṑ leíā	αἱ λεῖαι hai leîai
Genitive	τῆς λείᾱς tês leíās	τοῖν λείαιν toîn leíain	τῶν λειῶν tôn leiôn
Dative	τῇ λείᾳ têi leíāi	τοῖν λείαιν toîn leíain	ταῖς λείαις taîs leíais
Accusative	τὴν λείᾱν tḕn leíān	τὼ λείᾱ tṑ leíā	τᾱ̀ς λείᾱς tā̀s leíās
Vocative	λείᾱ leíā	λείᾱ leíā	λεῖαι leîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Adjective

λεία • (leía)

inflection of λεῖος (leîos):
1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
2. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative dual

Descendants

Greek: λεία (leía)

References

“λεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“λεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
λεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- booty idem, page 89.
- pillage idem, page 613.
- plunder idem, page 622.
- prey idem, page 639.
- spoil idem, page 803.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεία (leía).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈli.a/
Hyphenation: λεί‧α

Noun

λεία • (leía) f (plural λείες)

prey
booty

Declension

Declension of λεία

	singular	plural
nominative	λεία •	λείες •
genitive	λείας •	λειών •
accusative	λεία •	λείες •
vocative	λεία •	λείες •

Related terms

see: ληστής m (listís, “robber”)

Adjective

λεία • (leía)

Nominative, accusative and vocative feminine singular form of λείος (leíos).
Nominative, accusative and vocative neuter plural form of λείος (leíos).

λεία

Contents

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Inflection

Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Inflection

Adjective

Descendants

References

Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Adjective

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia