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Ancient Greek
Etymology
In 20th-century sources Leda is traditionally derived from Lycian lada, "wife", as her earliest cult was centered in Lycia. Lycian lada may also be the origin of the Greek name Λητώ (Lētṓ, “Leto”). Other scholars (Paul Kretschmer, Erich Bethe, Pierre Chantraine and R. S. P. Beekes) have suggested a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛ̌ː.daː/ → /ˈli.ða/ → /ˈli.ða/
Proper noun
Λήδᾱ • (Lḗdā) f (genitive Λήδᾱς); first declension
- Leda
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “Λήδα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Λήδα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015