λίτρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A Mediterranean substrate word surviving also in Latin libra.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /lítra/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /lítra/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /lítra/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /lítra/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /lítɾa/

Noun

λίτρα (genitive λίτρας) f, first declension; (litra)

1. litra, a Sicilian silver coin
   • Epicharumus, 5
   • Sophron, 26
   • Diphilus, The Sicilian, 1
   • Posidippus Comicus, The Gaul, 2
   • 4th century BC, Aristotle, Fragments, 436
2. libra, a unit of weight
   • Palatine Anthology, 6.214
   • Polybius, Histories, 22.26,19
   • Palatine Anthology, 10.97
   1. a box for holding libras

Inflection

First declension of λίτρᾱ, λίτρᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	λίτρᾱ	λίτρᾱ	λίτραι
Genitive	λίτρᾱς	λίτραιν	λιτρῶν
Dative	λίτρᾳ	λίτραιν	λίτραις
Accusative	λίτρᾱν	λίτρᾱ	λίτρᾱς
Vocative	λίτρᾱ	λίτρᾱ	λίτραι

Synonyms

• (box): λιτροδόκη

References

• LSJ 8th edition