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Latin
Etymology
Presumably from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation
Noun
lēros f (genitive lērī); second declension
- (mineralogy) a kind of precious stone
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
References
- leros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “leros”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “leros”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “leros”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “leros”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press