Because of the form λητῆρες (lētêres), which is ascribed to the northwestern Athamanes, this word may be a loan from Boeotian. For this reason, the semantically attractive connection with λειτουργός (leitourgós, “religious minister”), which is from λαός (laós, “people”), presents difficulties. According to Beekes, the word could be Pre-Greek.
λείτωρ • (leítōr) m (genitive λείτορος); third declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ λείτωρ ho leítōr |
τὼ λείτορε tṑ leítore |
οἱ λείτορες hoi leítores | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ λείτορος toû leítoros |
τοῖν λειτόροιν toîn leitóroin |
τῶν λειτόρων tôn leitórōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ λείτορῐ tôi leítori |
τοῖν λειτόροιν toîn leitóroin |
τοῖς λείτορσῐ / λείτορσῐν toîs leítorsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν λείτορᾰ tòn leítora |
τὼ λείτορε tṑ leítore |
τοὺς λείτορᾰς toùs leítoras | ||||||||||
Vocative | λεῖτορ leîtor |
λείτορε leítore |
λείτορες leítores | ||||||||||
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