Λεωκόρειον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Λεωκόριον (Leōkórion)

Etymology

From Λεώς (Leṓs) +‎ κόρη (kórē, “girl, daughter”) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon), as according to Greek mythology the daughters of Leos were sacrificed there.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.ɔː.kó.reː.on/ → /le.oˈko.ri.on/ → /le.oˈko.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.ɔː.kó.reː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le.oˈko.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /le.oˈko.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /le.oˈko.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /le.oˈko.ri.on/

Proper noun

Λεωκόρειον • (Leōkóreion) n (genitive Λεωκορείου); second declension

1. the Leokoreion (a shrine at the agora in Athens)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ Λεωκόρειον; τοῦ Λεωκορείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Λεωκόρειον tò Leōkóreion
Genitive	τοῦ Λεωκορείου toû Leōkoreíou
Dative	τῷ Λεωκορείῳ tôi Leōkoreíōi
Accusative	τὸ Λεωκόρειον tò Leōkóreion
Vocative	Λεωκόρειον Leōkóreion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Λεωκόρειον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Λεωκόρειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Λεωκόρειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers