λήϊτον

λήϊτον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾱός (lāós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.i.ton/ → /ˈli.i.ton/ → /ˈli.i.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.i.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle̝.i.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.i.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.i.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.i.ton/

Noun

λήϊτον • (lḗïton) n (genitive ληΐτου); second declension

1. (Achaean) town-hall, council-room

Declension

Second declension of τὸ λήϊτον; τοῦ ληΐτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λήϊτον tò lḗïton	τὼ ληΐτω tṑ lēḯtō	τᾰ̀ λήϊτᾰ tà lḗïta
Genitive	τοῦ ληΐτου toû lēḯtou	τοῖν ληΐτοιν toîn lēḯtoin	τῶν ληΐτων tôn lēḯtōn
Dative	τῷ ληΐτῳ tôi lēḯtōi	τοῖν ληΐτοιν toîn lēḯtoin	τοῖς ληΐτοις toîs lēḯtois
Accusative	τὸ λήϊτον tò lḗïton	τὼ ληΐτω tṑ lēḯtō	τᾰ̀ λήϊτᾰ tà lḗïta
Vocative	λήϊτον lḗïton	ληΐτω lēḯtō	λήϊτᾰ lḗïta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λειτουργός (leitourgós)
• λῄταρχος (lḗitarkhos)
• λῄτειρα (lḗiteira)
• λήτωρ (lḗtōr)/λείτωρ (leítōr)

Further reading

• “λήϊτον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press