Λήδα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

In 20th-century sources Leda is traditionally derived from Lycian lada, "wife", as her earliest cult was centered in Lycia. Lycian lada may also be the origin of the Greek name Λητώ (Lētṓ, “Leto”). Other scholars (Paul Kretschmer, Erich Bethe, Pierre Chantraine and R. S. P. Beekes) have suggested a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.daː/ → /ˈli.ða/ → /ˈli.ða/

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

Proper noun

Λήδᾱ • (Lḗdā) f (genitive Λήδᾱς); first declension

1. Leda

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Λήδᾱ; τῆς Λήδᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λήδᾱ hē Lḗdā
Genitive	τῆς Λήδᾱς tês Lḗdās
Dative	τῇ Λήδᾳ têi Lḗdāi
Accusative	τὴν Λήδᾱν tḕn Lḗdān
Vocative	Λήδᾱ Lḗdā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Λήδα (Lída)
• Latin: Lēda

References

• “Λήδα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Λήδα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015