λεοντική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine form of λεοντῐκός (leontikós, “of a lion”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /le.on.ti.kɛ̌ː/ → /le.on.tiˈci/ → /le.on.diˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /le.on.ti.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le.on.tiˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /le.on.tiˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /le.on.tiˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /le.on.diˈci/

Noun

λεοντῐκή • (leontikḗ) f (genitive λεοντῐκῆς); first declension

1. kind of mercury (Mercurialis tomentosa)

   Synonym: κᾰκκᾰλῐ́ᾱ (kakkalíā)

2. sort of dye

Declension

First declension of ἡ λεοντῐκή; τῆς λεοντῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λεοντῐκή hē leontikḗ	τὼ λεοντῐκᾱ́ tṑ leontikā́	αἱ λεοντῐκαί hai leontikaí
Genitive	τῆς λεοντῐκῆς tês leontikês	τοῖν λεοντῐκαῖν toîn leontikaîn	τῶν λεοντῐκῶν tôn leontikôn
Dative	τῇ λεοντῐκῇ têi leontikêi	τοῖν λεοντῐκαῖν toîn leontikaîn	ταῖς λεοντῐκαῖς taîs leontikaîs
Accusative	τὴν λεοντῐκήν tḕn leontikḗn	τὼ λεοντῐκᾱ́ tṑ leontikā́	τᾱ̀ς λεοντῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s leontikā́s
Vocative	λεοντῐκή leontikḗ	λεοντῐκᾱ́ leontikā́	λεοντῐκαί leontikaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Leontice

Further reading

• “λεοντική”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λεοντική in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette