λέαινα
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From λέων (léōn, “lion”) + -αινᾰ (-aina).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lé.ai̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈle.ɛ.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈle.ɛ.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈle.e.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈle.e.na/
Noun edit
λέαινᾰ • (léaina) f (genitive λεαίνης); first declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λέαινᾰ hē léaina |
τὼ λεαίνᾱ tṑ leaínā |
αἱ λέαιναι hai léainai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λεαίνης tês leaínēs |
τοῖν λεαίναιν toîn leaínain |
τῶν λεαινῶν tôn leainôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λεαίνῃ têi leaínēi |
τοῖν λεαίναιν toîn leaínain |
ταῖς λεαίναις taîs leaínais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λέαινᾰν tḕn léainan |
τὼ λεαίνᾱ tṑ leaínā |
τᾱ̀ς λεαίνᾱς tā̀s leaínās | ||||||||||
Vocative | λέαινᾰ léaina |
λεαίνᾱ leaínā |
λέαιναι léainai | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “λέαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λέαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- λιονταρίνα (liontarína) feminine for the neuter λιοντάρι (liontári)
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέαινα (léaina) λέων, λε(οντ)- m (léon, le(ont)-, “lion”) + -αινα (-aina).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
λέαινα • (léaina) f (plural λέαινες, masculine λέων)
- lioness
- (figurative) brave woman
Declension edit
declension of λέαινα
Further reading edit
- λέαινα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el