Λεῦκτρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Λεῦκτρον (Leûktron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lêu̯k.tra/ → /ˈleɸk.tra/ → /ˈlefk.tra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lêu̯k.tra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlewk.tra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈleɸk.tra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlefk.tra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlefk.tra/

Proper noun

Λεῦκτρᾰ • (Leûktra) n pl (genitive Λεύκτρων); second declension

1. Leuctra; Lefktra, Boeotia, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Λεῦκτρᾰ; τῶν Λεύκτρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Λεῦκτρᾰ tà Leûktra
Genitive	τῶν Λεύκτρων tôn Leúktrōn
Dative	τοῖς Λεύκτροις toîs Leúktrois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Λεῦκτρᾰ tà Leûktra
Vocative	Λεῦκτρᾰ Leûktra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λευκτρῐκός (Leuktrikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Λεύκτρα (Léfktra)
• Latin: Leuctra

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
• Λεῦκτρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette