λῃτουργία

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛːi̯.tuːr.ɡí.aː/ → /li.turˈʝi.a/ → /li.turˈʝi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛːi̯.tuːr.ɡí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le̝.turˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /li.turˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /li.turˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.turˈʝi.a/

Noun

λῃτουργῐ́ᾱ • (lēitourgíā) f (genitive λῃτουργῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Alternative spelling of λειτουργῐ́ᾱ (leitourgíā)
   • 4th century BC, Isaeus, Apollodorus 40:^[1]

     κἀκ τούτων τίνα λῃτουργίαν οὐκ ἐξελῃτούργησεν;

     kak toútōn tína lēitourgían ouk exelēitoúrgēsen?

     • 1962 translation by Edward Seymour Forster^[2]

       As a result of these principles, what public service did he fail perfectly to discharge?

Declension

First declension of ἡ λῃτουργῐ́ᾱ; τῆς λῃτουργῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λῃτουργῐ́ᾱ hē lēitourgíā	τὼ λῃτουργῐ́ᾱ tṑ lēitourgíā	αἱ λῃτουργῐ́αι hai lēitourgíai
Genitive	τῆς λῃτουργῐ́ᾱς tês lēitourgíās	τοῖν λῃτουργῐ́αιν toîn lēitourgíain	τῶν λῃτουργῐῶν tôn lēitourgiôn
Dative	τῇ λῃτουργῐ́ᾳ têi lēitourgíāi	τοῖν λῃτουργῐ́αιν toîn lēitourgíain	ταῖς λῃτουργῐ́αις taîs lēitourgíais
Accusative	τὴν λῃτουργῐ́ᾱν tḕn lēitourgíān	τὼ λῃτουργῐ́ᾱ tṑ lēitourgíā	τᾱ̀ς λῃτουργῐ́ᾱς tā̀s lēitourgíās
Vocative	λῃτουργῐ́ᾱ lēitourgíā	λῃτουργῐ́ᾱ lēitourgíā	λῃτουργῐ́αι lēitourgíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.